r/EnglishLearning • u/theultimatesigmafr New Poster • Apr 22 '25

📚 Grammar / Syntax Which one is it?

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Is it than or then?

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u/Feeling_Ad8096 Native Speaker Apr 22 '25

It's than. "Than" is used for making comparisons ("She read more often than him"), while "then" is used for describing sequences of events and timing ("Then, she went home").

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25 edited Apr 22 '25

i mean it kinda would be correct if he was ranking them. men are smarter. then women. /s

edit: being downvoted on a comment with a tone indicator telling u its a joke is unironically hilarious i fear

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

well we dont know if the commented thinks men are *the* smartest.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

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u/dimonium_anonimo New Poster Apr 22 '25

Assuming a dichotomy is usually a fallacy. When we say "we don't know if they think men are the smartest" we are acknowledging that an assumption could be made, but we chose not to. So we could equally say "we don't know if they think there are only 2 categories." It could allow for nonbinary, aliens, or even hallucinations.

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u/ithinkonlyinmemes New Poster Apr 22 '25

nonbinary people

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u/fingerchopper Native Speaker - US Northeast Apr 22 '25

nonbinary / any of the "third" genders

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

Dolphins are very smart. Men are smarter, then women. [Only then the dolphins, the male ones of course.]

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

maybe the commented thinks giraffes are smarter. then men. then woman. you'd have to ask him.