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To: Coffee200am
English is different to (???) most other languages...

Wouldn't "different from" be correct form?

21 posted on 07/08/2008 6:18:29 AM PDT by pa_dweller (South of the border - a phrase fast losing its meaning)
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To: pa_dweller

For an article about words, this one was oddly underproofed.


38 posted on 07/09/2008 6:05:48 AM PDT by Xenalyte (~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~)
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To: pa_dweller

I think “different to” is proper British usage (remember the old saying about two countries — US and UK — divided by a common language!


39 posted on 07/09/2008 6:21:56 AM PDT by maryz
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