Different From or Different Than?

You can’t go wrong with different from. That’s the standard rule. Different than is used frequently and is becoming more accepted in American usage. (Different to is accepted in Britain, but you rarely hear that in America.)

I want something different from that.
My definition is different from yours.
That’s different from what it was supposed to be.

Different than is more accepted before a clause (a complete sentence) and is interchangeable with other than.

It turned out to be different than I had imagined.
He is a different person than he used to be.

Trick to Remember:
Different from is always accepted. Different and from share the letter f.

However, you can still use different than in most cases, though I’d be wary of English teachers.

New Book by Dragon Authors

My author buddy Erin Michelle Sky is about to release the sequel to her Peter Pan re-telling Tales of the Wendy. The sequel, The Navigator, comes out October 8. Pre-order is available now.

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NOT EVERY ADVENTURE GOES AS PLANNED …

In this eagerly awaited second volume of the acclaimed Tales of the Wendy series, Wendy’s troubles are far from over. Hook wants her in irons, the crew wants to throw her overboard, and Pan’s magical compass is the only thing standing in their way. But Pan himself is nowhere to be found.

When a new everlost captain appears on the horizon, it will take everything Wendy has to survive. 

And a tiny red dragon will set events in motion that could save or doom them all.

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Book Lovers’ Memes (Set 9)

Fyrecon 3

Fyrecon was in Layton at the Weber State Davis campus, which is two buildings named D2 and D3. This was my first time going, and I went because I was not about to pass up a weekend with Maria Snyder. I went to writing classes, including some of Maria’s, and I was familiar to her, and I got to talk to her because she’ll happily chat with anybody. I ran into her often over the three days. Maria’s master class on writing fight scenes was all afternoon Saturday and was very helpful.

Because the lone elevator in D3 is “highly sensitive” and trapped the event organizers in there for about half an hour, I started avoiding it and went up or down three big flights of stairs almost every hour. (This elevator has a long history of trapping people. It’s needy.)

There was a small vendor hall, and I got a few books and small art prints and visited with people there. Glenn came with me to David Belt’s class on ancient weapons, which was cool. He wore a kilt and spoke in a Scottish accent and happens to be a member of the Tabernacle Choir. We handled swords and weapons (most replicas) dating from thousands of years ago up to the 1700s. I learned a lot. 

I met and hung out with lots of other local writers, including Jana Brown, Melissa McShane, Jay Barnson, Julie Frost, Nathan Shumate, Michael Darling, Johnny Worthen, Bree Moore, and others. They are all great fun.

Me with Maria