Then and Than Rules to Remember

Then and Than Rules to Remember

Than

Compares things

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What do you have to know in order to teach your dogs tricks? ….More _____the dog.

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What’s more amazing _____a dog that can count?

….A spelling bee.

Then

substitution for "in that case"

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Customer: “Is it customary to tip a waiter in this restaurant?”

Waiter: “It certainly is.”

Customer: “_____you better tip me. I’ve been waiting for my dinner for an hour.”

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Patient: “I have near-constant ringing in my ears.”

Doctor: “_____ get an unlisted number.”

Then

Sequence in time

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What did the portrait say to the wall? ….”First they framed me _____ they hung me.”

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Teacher: “Oxygen was discovered in 1774.”

Student: “What did people breathe before _____?”