"differ than"

[Wilson Gray]

Sigh! If only, Marc!

-Wilson

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Marc Velasco <marcjvelasco at gmail.com> wrote:
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> they don't like 'differ from' ?
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> 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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