grammar

then and than

I have officially renamed Valentine's Day (ew) into National Reminder-that-I'm-lonely day.

Now that I got that off my chest, onto the learning (*insert sarcastic 'yay' here*).

Honestly, I can see why people get 'than' and 'then' mixed up. I struggled with these satanic look-alikes back in fifth-grade. That's right. Y'all have the inte- I'm kidding. I still struggle with these occassionally, mainly because they look so alike.

I'll yeet the Google Dictionary definitions at you:

THEN - at that time; at the time in question.

THAN -

1. introducing the second element in a comparison.

2. used in expressions introducing an exception or contrast.
3. used in expressions indicating one thing happening immediately after another.

I feel like I'm slowly losing my humor as chapters go by. Is it just me?

Anyway, back to the simplified versions of the definitions. 'Then' is referring to a goddamn time. For example, one might exclaim, "But I was busy pretending to be an emo back then!"

'Than' is not referring to a time and is generally pretty versatile. Got it?

There's no real tip for this one, really. If the sentence refers to a time, use the word 'then'. If not, use 'than'. It's simple.

On a side note, I want to see how many comments I can get on this sentence.

Until the next chapter, stay fresh, cheese bags.