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To: Rambi who wrote (2895)	6/11/1999 3:04:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

Good thing I did not say "wrong." rather than "confused," because it could be that you are "right," and I am confused. I had checked Fowler too. But I looked under the word "different" rather than the word "than," and so found nothing relevant. But my confusion serves to illustrate a point -- which is that we have strayed far from our original one. When the discussion began, it was about the propriety or impropriety of using "than" rather than "for" after one specific adjective - "different." Are we any closer to a resolution of that dispute (if there really is a dispute)? The question we are getting into now is over when "than" is being used as a conjunction, and when it is being used as a preposition. I am not sure we can dispose of all the ambiguities, although it's fun to try. I have not yet had time to pore over the section in Fowler you cite, but let me risk the following. <gulp> Fowler, a revised Fowler at that, is not God, after all. Personally, I revere Him, but do not worship Him. <g> Joan