[Grammar] Different ‘from’ vs ‘to’

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northpath

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There are two sentences.
What makes him different FROM the rest of the students?
American English is slightly different TO British English.
Are these prepositions interchangeable?
 

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Re: Preposition ‘from’ vs ‘to’

No, they are not.
 

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Re: Preposition ‘from’ vs ‘to’

Scroll down to the 'Usage' note here.
 

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Different from. Similar to.

Repeat one hundred times a day!
 
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