Then & Than

Pet peeve alert! Please only read on if you have a healthy sense of humor and/or are not easily offended by grammar lessons. Oh! And please remember this is the pet peeve of a person who couldn't spell her way out of a bag, but is on a first name basis with spell check!

THEN & THAN. The difference? Only one tiny little letter. Well. One tiny little letter and the DEFINITION!! I hear nails on a chalkboard when I see or read these words interchanged so often!

Then is used in reference to time. You would use this word when you are talking about a sequence of events or placing one event in time relative to another. The word then can also be used in a context similar to using “in that case.”

Than is used in reference to comparisons. You would use this word when you are talking about the characteristics of one noun in relation to the same characteristics of another noun.

All you have to do is write two sentences using the correct usage of each word! Now back to FB to play along!

Note: The above post is meant only for entertainment purposes and is in no way to imply that I am a wordsmith, perfect, don't ever misspell words or use incorrect grammar myself.