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Old 24-Sep-2006, 12:01
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A is diffrent from B. can we use from in this sentence?

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The difference between A and B is.... can we use between word?
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Old 24-Sep-2006, 18:03
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Hi Halitturk,
Yes, that's correct.
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Old 25-Sep-2006, 18:21
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A is diffrent from B. can we use from in this sentence?

the other question is below
The difference between A and B is.... can we use between word?
In BE, 'from' is strongly preferred (I mean, some people will 'tut' if you say 'than'). I admit that to my ear, 'than' seems rather infelicitous (I'll put it no more strongly than that ), but more and more people are using it.

'Between' is good too.

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