Opened 18 years ago
Closed 18 years ago
#5536 closed (fixed)
"different than" is poor English
| Reported by: | Owned by: | nobody | |
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| Component: | Documentation | Version: | dev |
| Severity: | Keywords: | ||
| Cc: | jonnylamb@… | Triage Stage: | Unreviewed |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
In the SVN version of the documentation (for example http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/) the top header reads:
- These docs are for Django's SVN release, which can be significantly different than previous releases.
Different than is poor, Americanised, English. The correct wording should be:
- These docs are for Django's SVN release, which can be significantly different from previous releases.
A quick Google search shows that different than is frowned upon:
http://www.google.com/search?q=different+than
I have attached a patch for the current SVN version to fix this grammatical error.
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Change History (3)
by , 18 years ago
| Attachment: | different-than-fix.diff added |
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comment:1 by , 18 years ago
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