Same or different

honyk · #1 (**permalink**) 12-Jan-2008, 23:37

Can you help me answer this question

This is .......... that
a) the same as
b) different that
c) the same that
d) the different from

... and I'd appreciate a lot if you could add an explanation
Thank you

**Anglika** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-Jan-2008, 23:42

Look at the original sentence - it ends in "that"; so out of the alternatives which is the only one that will fit?

honyk · #3 (**permalink**) 13-Jan-2008, 00:03

Probabely the first one .... This is the same as that ... but I am really not sure about it, because I've found several examples of usage ... This is different from that ... in Google as well.

**Anglika** · #4 (**permalink**) 13-Jan-2008, 00:11

Ah, but option d was not "different from" but "the different from".

So yes, #a is the correct answer.

honyk · #5 (**permalink**) 13-Jan-2008, 00:20

You're right. Thanx

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