Calling all English "experts"... I had this big discussion today with my "coworker"... she seems to think the following sentence should be said one way, while I say it should be said another. What do you think? And Stitches better reply to this...
Which sentence is correct?
Poll closed Dec 21, 2012.
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The report is due no later THEN Friday
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The report is due no later THAN Friday
88.0%
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it's than. i don't know the exact reasoning though haha
edit: i believe it's because it's an indirect comparison, or something like that. anytime time you compare two things: "this car is lighter than that one" etc. so in this case you turn it in no later than fridayPaul 13 likes this. -
here's a tip i got off a website: the word "THAN" has no synonyms. you can never replace it and have it make sense:
http://grammarist.com/usage/than-then/Paul 13 likes this. -
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I thought so too... unfortunately for our 90 minute work debate I couldn't find concrete evidence of my correctness. I did find some nice legal writing that had 17 instances of "later than" and only one instance of "later then". The single mistake :lol:
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"Which phrase is correct?"
That's the correct phrase. -
yeah who knew that stick up your butt came with a grammar guide.
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Just because you don't understand what real families are supposed to be composed of,ol my two dads and a burro.Fin D likes this.
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Don't be talking **** about my Uncle Burro...I know he can be an ***.......unluckyluciano likes this.
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Its Than. Here, you are comparing two instances- submission of report before and on/after friday. Then doesn't apply.