Is it "rather then" or "rather than"?

[j@cko]

which one is correct?



Nearly 15 yr-old thread.
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[SavageDubz]

than

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

I think it would always be "than".

 

[ManSnake]

rather than

 

[AmazonRasta]

Rather than. If you are comparing two (or more) things, then it's rather than.

I'd rather be a member of AnandTech rather than a member of HardOCP.

 

[TripleJ]

rather thin

 

[chainbolt]

as half Japanese wich is speaking kinda broken Japenglish me thinking it ought 2 be more like
rather than, or not maybe? :

 

[j@cko]

Ok, good. I thought I was right. Cu'z a girl friend of mine send me a message which used "rather then" I was like what the.....
So, I asked another friend, who I shouldn't had asked in the first place. He said it's "rather then" as well. I was like, now I feel like an idiot!...

 

[cmdavid]

.. dont correct your girlfriend's grammar.... thats a geek thing to do...

 

[yakko]

Head over to The Straight Dope. Cecil has already answered this.

 

[disjamco]

Ok, good. I thought I was right. Cu'z a girl friend of mine send me a message which used "rather then" I was like what the.....
So, I asked another friend, who I shouldn't had asked in the first place. He said it's "rather then" as well. I was like, now I feel like an idiot!...

Shouldn't have. Not shouldn't had.

Probably a waste of time to correct someone's grammar after nearly 15 years.
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[Homerboy]

Award for weirdest necro?

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Shouldn't have. Not shouldn't had.

I don't think your reply will be seen by any of the original posters, the thread is so old that they have all died from old age by now.

 

[brianmanahan]

oh myyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[Kaido]

rather thin

rizzle kicks?

 

[Kaido]

Award for weirdest necro?

ROFL, didn't even notice the date

Necro'd by a grammar nazi no less