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...
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 friday
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/
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
Then indicates what comes after. Than is a comparison. When it comes to having sex with Lucky's mom I'll go first THEN Paul goes, because I'm better THAN Paul at having sex with Lucky's mom.
Just because you don't understand what real families are supposed to be composed of,ol my two dads and a burro.
Its Than. Here, you are comparing two instances- submission of report before and on/after friday. Then doesn't apply.