I gotta say: TBNers are pretty well behaved

[MossRoad]

I just wish that I could meet you folks in person... Good bunch of folks!

mark

Yes. Meeting fellow TBNers is fun. It puts a face with the name.

It is sometimes very hard to determine a persons meaning from typed words. A facial expression would really help sometimes.

 

[MikePA]

Can you admit, just once, you are wrong???

If I were, I would, but in this case, I am not. I quoted the primary use of these words. That's a fact, not a matter of opinion. If people want to use the secondary definitions, go for it.

Oh, the effect of your post will not be a trip to 'the time out corner'. The only people who are affected in that fashion are people who deserve it, who then usually then complain about it, long after trip is over.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Okay, how about then/than.

(I'm realizing that I've created a venue in which we all can vent our pent up grammatical frustrations so that we don't on the other threads in which we are all so well behaved.)

Then relates to timing and chronological order of things. Than relates to comparisons between two things.

You can't be better then something else

 

[MossRoad]

You can't be better then something else

Sure you can.... you can be better, then worse!

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Sure you can.... you can be better, then worse!

Yeah, but it requires a comma

 

[sunspot]

Then is a temporal. I put on my shoes and then I tied them.

Than is a comparative. I would like the meat and than the potatoes.

Of course I could be wrong.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Of course I could be wrong.

There's a good possibility. Your explanation was right, but then your example wasn't.

You could say I like the meat better than the potatoes.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Here's another one that makes me laugh so much...

Winch vs. Wench

A winch is a cable or rope around a revolving drum usually used for pulling. A wench usually refers to a woman... Often in a derogatory way.

I just smile and laugh silently to myself when I hear or read guys bragging about their truck or tractor that has a 2000 pound wench. There are a lot of classified ads out there too about a 4X4 truck that comes with a wench included.

 

[texbaylea]

This is a great site.
Once in a while we like to test ourselves by discussing motor oil. It's like the Iron Man Competition of civil discussion.

Tig

I agree with you however the gear vs hydro drive discussion might be a tougher competition.

Vernon

 

[LBrown59]

Tig

I agree with you however the gear vs hydro drive discussion might be a tougher competition.

Vernon

I always like the AGs VS R4s.