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To: Carolyn who wrote (130)	6/10/1999 10:35:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) of 228

Different FROM is correct. Different THAN is not. Well, now, that sorta depends on who you ask. 19th century purists would agree with you. (Yes, I know that when one begins a sentence with a number one is supposed to spell it out. But I have to leave something in here for you to criticize.) When the object of the preposition is a word, you are correct. But when the object of the preposition is a phrase, even careful writers now tend to accept different than. "Her hairstyle is different than it was last year" seems preferable to "her hairstyle is different from what it was last year."

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