"differ than"

[Marc Velasco]

they dont' like 'differ from' ?

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> We're used to "different than", but I just saw my first use of "differ
> than": "How does this prayer differ than the traditional text?" Google has
> about *74,200 hits for the phrase. The first couple seem to be from
> non-native writers who mean "different than", but it looks like most of the
> hits are genuine V + Prep.***
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