Scripsit illa aut ille Disaster <disaster@disfanfic.net>:
> "Rudolf Polzer" <AntiATField_adsgohere@durchnull.de> wrote:
> > Scripsit illa aut ille Gatsby <s4008811@student.uq.edu.au>:
> > > It seems futile to have a debate over the use of the English language
> when one
> > > cannot even distinguish the difference and correct usage of "then" and
> "than".
> > >
> > > *sigh*
> >
> > The reason is simple. Native speakers know a language worst.
> >
> > But that's normal in Usenet. The best English is written by those who
> > always write "excuse my bad English". The worst one is written by native
> > speakers.
> 
> Pfft, I would argue that native speakers are simply pushing the boundaries
> of linguistic evolution. Rather than just screwing it up.

It's both.

But don't tell me a language needs a word that can be substituted for
over 50% of the other words (I mean the f-word - and I am not talking
about _your_ English here).

But back to then/than: is there an ambiguity that can be produced using
them? I did not find any, so this mistake cannot even be funny and only
shows the writer is not too good at the language (or uses a keyboard
layout where e and a are near - Dvorak?), but that does not really
mean anything.


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