It stinks getting tripped up by words, especially words which are practically identical. It’s like trying to distinguish between a set of twins who look exactly the same except that one of them has a birthmark on the underside of his right pinky toe. This seems to be the case with long-lost word siblings “then” and “than.”An easy way to remember when it’s appropriate to use then is: “then = when.” As a general rule, you can use [...]
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