Than / Then - Get it Right

[MemberSince02]

Am I the only one who gets frustrated with the incorrect use of the most simplistic of English language? Alternatively, being a 33 year old, have I missed something in the generational teaching gap that could possibly mean I am just out of touch? As such, I pose the following question to the more astute BigFooty members.

When did "then" become the replacement word for "than"? I add to my question as per the following examples, which have become common in most threads in recent times.

"Player Y is better then player X"
"Our team is better then yours"

To those who find it an insignificant, petty thread I do apologise. I just feel that with the current lingo being used in the AFL by commentators ie; quarterback, zone defense etc, do we really need to become fully subordinant to the USA way of life? After all, we are better than (then

) that...

 

[MF]

his right

 

[archilino]

second that

 

[MemberSince02]

his right

His (he's) got me there

 

[bzparkes]

His (he's) got me there

I believe the correct (Bigfooty) way of saying it would be;


"His got me their".

 

[Monkey King]

I believe the correct (Bigfooty) way of saying it would be;


"His got me their".

Your right... he should of said that

 

[hugorune]

Am I the only one who gets frustrated with the incorrect use of the most simplistic of English language?

Probably, yeah.

When did "then" become the replacement word for "than"? I add to my question as per the following examples, which have become common in most threads in recent times.

"Player Y is better then player X"
"Our team is better then yours"

You're right, but I've seen a great deal of abuse of the English language over the years of my use of the Internet, and it really seems pointless to try to do anything about it. As long as I can figure out what they mean by context, I generally don't care. I'm sure I make various mistakes in my grammar - and I'm a pretty sh***y writer anyhow, and I'm not particularly keen to invite scrutiny of my own quality of posting by criticising others.

 

[Madtiger2006]

Yeah, some shocking spelling at this site. Hello Truetiger

 

[BLUES82]

Your right... he should of said that

You're?................sorry, I couldn't hold back

 

[LifeSpan-Void]

the existence of this thread truly does mean we have reached the Endtimes. Treat me kindly, fair Apocalypse

 

[Leather Poisoning]

The Grand Final result was rediculous. Nobout thought Geelong would loose.

 

[NitroFan]

The Grand Final result was rediculous. Nobout thought Geelong would loose.

Yeah, youse guys where just better then us on the day

 

[beez]

You're?................sorry, I couldn't hold back

******.

Note, their was a reason why he's spelling/grammatical mistake was they're

 

[lions_den]

Only if you stop saying "seen" in the wrong context.

 

[DoubleO7]

This is about the millionth thread on these subjects (spelling and grammar). You've got your 'a' and 'an' threads, 'learned' and 'learnt' threads and it goes on and on and on...

 

[Monkey King]

You're?................sorry, I couldn't hold back

Only one? You missed my using the word of in place of have.

 

[Team Mo']

Wait so "then" isn't even a word? Me real losted.

 

[aaronm46]

these threads always fail big time

 

[MF]

Only if you stop saying "seen" in the wrong context.

Yeah, I seen this **** doing that yesterday.