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Post by Nitroeus on Nov 5, 2014 22:14:38 GMT
Difference between "then" and "than"
I just wanted to say I have seen many people mistake "then" with "than" The word "then" usually relates to time. It is most commonly used as an adverb. Examples : Subsequently or afterwards :Go to the traffic lights, then turn right. The council members argued for three days then eventually came to a decision As a consequence or in that case :If that's how you feel, let it go then. At that time or that time :
The schedule will be completed before then The word "than" introduces a comparison. It is most often seen with comparatives and words like more, less and fewer. Examples : 10 is greater than 0 Oddworld Beta worth more than 1000$ Firefox is faster than Internet Explorer. 50$ is less than 50€ (exchange rate) Russia is a lot bigger than Poland Please excuse me for the grammar lesson I just writed because it can cause serious misunderstandings, also it would be good if readers who not know how to use the terms "than" and "then" don't mistake the two with each other because they see it that way on the forum. Difference Between "Canon" and "Cannon".
"Canon" usually refers to a story's main parts. (However.. there are atleast 7-8 other uses of the word "Canon" which are not realy important in Oddworld Universe) "Cannon" is usually refers to a "heavy artillery gun". Difference Between He/She/It
"He" - refers to anything/anyone with male gender.
"She" - refers to anything/anyone with famale gender. (Also some people use 'she' for highly praised machines usually in military, I'm not entirelly sure if its correct or not but some ships / aircraft gets refered to as a "she" by its crew)
"It" - anything/anyone who/which is genderless. (For an example every item should be called an "it" because they are genderless but also mythical creatures without gender should be called an "it".
Difference Between Except and Expect
Except is usually used as a preposition or conjunction, which means not including.
Examples :
• Every Oddworld game except Abe's oddysee have quicksave feature.
• There was nothing left except waffles.
• You can see many weird creatures at Mt.Weirdness except Sky Whales.
Expect is a verb, which we use when we think something is likely to happen, or someone is likely to do or be something in particular.
Examples :
• Expect the return of the cat! Meow!
• Noone expects a troll to invade our base.
• Obama's return on the TV was expected.
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Post by Legendary Oddworld (Retired) on Nov 6, 2014 0:59:11 GMT
Moved this post to here so all Grammar issues can be discussed here it stops any threads going of topic. It also stops members discussing other peoples Grammar in threads and any flaming to happen.
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Post by Nitroeus on Nov 6, 2014 1:43:38 GMT
Moved this post to here so all Grammar issues can be discussed here it stops any threads going of topic. It also stops members discussing other peoples Grammar in threads and any flaming to happen. Somehow, I expected this!  Anyways, It's good to have a thread like this (However... The name is a bit strange but it's good ) And Please Excuse me for my grammar "lessons" but I seen realy "odd" mistakes because people unable to tell the difference between "then" and "than". |
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Post by marapolach on Nov 6, 2014 14:12:23 GMT
Sorry for my english Im czech  |
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Post by Nitroeus on Nov 6, 2014 14:31:39 GMT
Sorry for my english Im czech It's okay actually xD It's just that there are serious mistakes that can make misunderstanding. Most common examples I seen : People mistake "With" with "Which" and there are people who mistake "Which" with "Witch" (Again two words that look similar but their meaning is completely different) But Still Mistaking "Than" with "Then" is the most common mistake I see. And basically, It's not realy that it bothers me when people mistakes the words, I just want to point out that those grammar mistakes can lead to teach someone else the "faulty" grammar. |
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Post by kapteeni13 on Nov 6, 2014 15:44:35 GMT
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Post by Legendary Oddworld (Retired) on Nov 7, 2014 0:50:20 GMT
Moved this post to here so all Grammar issues can be discussed here it stops any threads going of topic. It also stops members discussing other peoples Grammar in threads and any flaming to happen. Somehow, I expected this! Anyways, It's good to have a thread like this (However... The name is a bit strange but it's good ) And Please Excuse me for my grammar "lessons" but I seen realy "odd" mistakes because people unable to tell the difference between "then" and "than". Okay let pull you up on a few Grammar issues Spelling: 1.)Realy is spelt Really Sentence: 2.)but I seen realy "odd" mistakes because people unable to tell the difference between "then" and "than". ( Sentence is incorrect English format) Correction: but i have seen some really Odd mistakes because people are unable to tell the difference between "then" and "than" 3.) Somehow, I expected this! Anyways, It's good to have a thread like this Correction: For some reason i expected this !, Anyway, It's a good idea to have a thread like this *Underlining is words added or changed |
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Post by Legendary Oddworld (Retired) on Nov 7, 2014 0:55:35 GMT
Sorry for my english Im czech It's okay actually xD It's just that there are serious mistakes that can make misunderstanding. Most common examples I see : People mistake "With" with "Which" and there are people who mistake "Which" with "Witch" (Again two words that look similiar but their meaning is completly different) But Still Mistaking "Than" with "Then" is the most common mistake I see. And basicaly, It's not realy that it bothers me when people mistakes the words, I just want to point out that those grammar mistakes lead to teach someone else the "faulty" grammar. Again am going to pull you up on your Grammar Spelling: 1.) Basicaly is spelt Basically 2.) Similiar is spelt Similar 3.) Completly is spelt Completely Sentence: 1.)It's just that there are serious mistakes that can make misunderstanding. Correction: It's just there are some serious mistakes that can make things be misunderstood 2.)I just want to point out that those grammar mistakes lead to teach someone else the "faulty" grammar. Correction: I just wanted to point out grammar mistakes to teach other members the correct English grammar and show any faults. |
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Post by Nitroeus on Nov 7, 2014 2:12:18 GMT
It's okay actually xD It's just that there are serious mistakes that can make misunderstanding. Most common examples I see : People mistake "With" with "Which" and there are people who mistake "Which" with "Witch" (Again two words that look similiar but their meaning is completly different) But Still Mistaking "Than" with "Then" is the most common mistake I see. And basicaly, It's not realy that it bothers me when people mistakes the words, I just want to point out that those grammar mistakes lead to teach someone else the "faulty" grammar. Again am going to pull you up on your Grammar Spelling: 1.) Basicaly is spelt Basically 2.) Similiar is spelt Similar 3.) Completly is spelt Completely Sentence: 1.)It's just that there are serious mistakes that can make misunderstanding. Correction: It's just there are some serious mistakes that can make things be misunderstood 2.)I just want to point out that those grammar mistakes lead to teach someone else the "faulty" grammar. Correction: I just wanted to point out grammar mistakes to teach other members the correct English grammar and show any faults. 1) I Know, I'm also trying to fix them... I just realized yesterday that "Realy" is spelt "Really" (I know it in the past... But because I seen it many times incorrectly... I completely forgot) xD 2) Somehow... I knew I should check my grammar 3) You are actually right about that one (not like not on the others) but I'm suprised that it was not correct! Sentence : 2) Why exactly it is a past sentence ? , I still want to do that , It's happening currently too xD So you see... even I have to work on my grammar, but that's why it's good to point out mistakes, humans (and even cats & dogs) learn from their (own) mistakes. (and some learn from other people's mistakes... but when it's about grammar.. the result is mostly likely learn a faulty grammar) |
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Post by OdessAngel on Nov 8, 2014 9:42:58 GMT
"Sorry i'm <Insert your nationality here>" Well, actually I'm 16 and I'm french, I'm trying to speak correctly (also because I'm a diet moderator), so your excuse have no power here  |
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Post by OddsomeOddy on Nov 8, 2014 10:13:42 GMT
Hehe, I think we should Sticky this Thread Well, I just did if you don't have anything against that |
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Post by Nitroeus on Nov 8, 2014 10:35:15 GMT
Hehe, I think we should Sticky this Thread Well, I just did if you don't have anything against that It's perfectly okay! |
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Post by kapteeni13 on Dec 2, 2014 10:43:47 GMT
Dessert and desert. (In food thread i chose use 'afters' instead of 'dessert' for somereason.) How many similar words there is like this? |
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