Grammar question... then/than ?

[Doug]

I've brought this up before.



Toronto +1.75 over CAROLINA (REG) PINNACLE<o></o>
It’s not easy to make a case for the Leafs here but this is more about the take-back against the Canes then it is about playing on the Leafs. Carolina should never be favored by this much over anyone because they’re really not better then anyone including the Leafs. They do have a decent record and how they got it baffles me but make no mistake, this edition of the Canes is a fraction of the team they iced the past couple of years. Eric Staal is on pace for about a 60-point season and he has very little support. As bad as the Leafs are going, the Canes, too, are suffering from the same ailments. Carolina has been outscored 14-4 in dropping its last three games. Only three times over its past 24 games have they scored more then three goals in a game and they’re usually held to two or less. When a team is having trouble scoring, like the Canes have been all year, laying –1.90 with said team is just so risky and it’s bad strategy, period. If the Leafs can get some goaltending for a change, they really have a damn good chance of snapping out of its current funk, as these Canes are so beatable. Definite overlay. Play: Toronto +1.75 (Risking 2 units).



This is a Sherwood write-up, I generally play his NHL blindly, and anything from him involving any Toronto team ( I suspect he has a sick %age with Toronto teams), as he is a buddy, and from Toronto. I played it, haven't looked for a score, if it even has started ?


This is about grammar... different in Canada ?


Isn't it "than" in this usage ?


Brian ( Sherwood) gets me wondering about my usage of the language !

 

[festeringZit]

Yes, should be "than."

I've brought this up before.



Toronto +1.75 over CAROLINA (REG) PINNACLE<o></o>
It’s not easy to make a case for the Leafs here but this is more about the take-back against the Canes then it is about playing on the Leafs. Carolina should never be favored by this much over anyone because they’re really not better then anyone including the Leafs. They do have a decent record and how they got it baffles me but make no mistake, this edition of the Canes is a fraction of the team they iced the past couple of years. Eric Staal is on pace for about a 60-point season and he has very little support. As bad as the Leafs are going, the Canes, too, are suffering from the same ailments. Carolina has been outscored 14-4 in dropping its last three games. Only three times over its past 24 games have they scored more then three goals in a game and they’re usually held to two or less. When a team is having trouble scoring, like the Canes have been all year, laying –1.90 with said team is just so risky and it’s bad strategy, period. If the Leafs can get some goaltending for a change, they really have a damn good chance of snapping out of its current funk, as these Canes are so beatable. Definite overlay. Play: Toronto +1.75 (Risking 2 units).



This is a Sherwood write-up, I generally play his NHL blindly, and anything from him involving any Toronto team, as he is a buddy, and from Toronto. I played it, haven't looked for a score, if it even has started ?


This is about grammar... different in Canada ?


Isn't it "than" in this usage ?


Brian ( Sherwood) gets me wondering about my usage of the language !

 

[Fishhead]

Unbelievable!!!!

I just asked Billsfan about this yesterday........wow.


She stated "than" is for comparisons and that is what I'm going with.

FH

 

[Doug]

I just looked at the score:

6-4 Toronto final

I guess Toronto scored more goals then Carolina, Sherwood ? :nohead:



This guy is gold with Toronto teams.

 

[Doug]

I swear I never even peeked at the score before posting this thread, I just know this guy kills with any Toronto team.... bluejays, Leafs, whatever.

 

[Doug]

Argonauts, too !

Spreadbeater picks his NBA ( Raptors)

 

[steaktartar]

than

than is a comparison.......then is a time order

 

[Doug]

I'm not nitpicking over a one time then/than thing, Sherwood does this often... got me questioning if I was the one misusing it. :missingte:think2:

If so, I want to correct it.

 

[Fishhead]

Then or than........who cares??????


The question is butterflys or bugs(see butterfly thread)!


Let's hear it!

 

[punter]

Than is a measurement as in "my roll is mighty than".

 

[Doug]

than

than is a comparison.......then is a time order

He's a really strong capper of anything Toronto, and NHL in general. Very good at CFL, not really bad at anything.

 

[RobFunk]

Then or than........who cares??????


The question is butterflys or bugs(see butterfly thread)!


Let's hear it!

I will go with butterflys, they are a lot more pretty.

FWIW, I think it is 'than'. I really couldn't explain how to use either word, I just know when and where how to use them.

 

[Doug]

Then or than........who cares??????


The question is butterflys or bugs(see butterfly thread)!


Let's hear it!

I do

I prefer to use the correct word if possible. I don't need to pick up misusing language, if I can avoid it.

 

[Doug]

I don't want to start start mixing my Crystal Palace Vodka with Brawndo.

 

[viking611]

it's really quite simple boys. THEN is used when talking about or describing a point of time. THAN is used when comparing things. There are some other instances but you guys can probably figure it out from the above.

 

[Doug]

it's really quite simple boys. THEN is used when talking about or describing a point of time. THAN is used when comparing things. There are some other instances but you guys can probably figure it out from the above.

So then ( than), Sherwood is writing improperly ?

I don't care, as long as he picks winners :toast::think2::missingte

Just don't dumb me down, along the way.

Shit, I soon might find myself at the Irish social club, and own a BB gun ! :think2:

I'm not even Irish.

I COULD EVEN START TYPING IN ALL CAPS.

 

[quinnsft34]

I COULD EVEN START TYPING IN ALL CAPS.

Just don't use any ignorant fonts

 

[Doug]

I'd have to try hard , to find his font !

Jim is OK with me, I'll never fuck him over with the info he has given me, or give it to someone else.

There's nobody around that can say I am not trustworthy, IMO.

 

[thesccrguy15]

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</P>–conjunction <TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dnindex>1.</TD><TD>(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison): She's taller than I am. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dnindex>2.</TD><TD>(used after some adverbs and adjectives expressing choice or diversity, such as other, otherwise, else, anywhere, or different, to introduce an alternative or denote a difference in kind, place, style, identity, etc.): I had no choice other than that. You won't find such freedom anywhere else than in this country. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dnindex>3.</TD><TD>(used to introduce the rejected choice in expressions of preference): I'd rather walk than drive there. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dnindex>4.</TD><TD>except; other than: We had no choice than to return home. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dnindex>5.</TD><TD>when: We had barely arrived than we had to leave again. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>–preposition <TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dnindex>6.</TD><TD>in relation to; by comparison with (usually fol. by a pronoun in the objective case): He is a person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

I'd have to guess it's 'than'

My guess is example 1.

Shes taller than I am

Kinda similar to

They have scored more than 3 goals

:think2:

 

[Doug]

I assume this is the same in Canada, eh ?

Excuse me while I mix me up a vawndo, eh ?