Timeline for I'm confused with the use of 'than'
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| Jul 11, 2018 at 14:23 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | @ialarmedalien - I'm just one data point, but this American would be more likely to use different from mine, as opposed to different than mine. (I wouldn't have a problem with the latter, though.) | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 10:41 | answer | added | TimR | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 10:40 | comment | added | i alarmed alien | 'than' is being used as a comparator here, comparing the subject's philosophy to someone else's. This is more common in US English; in British English, we'd usually say "Your philosophy of life is different to mine." | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 10:38 | history | asked | thein lwin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |