Comments on: baker college online: grammar FAIL Contest!!

By: May @ Anne and May

May @ Anne and May — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:44:12 +0000

Then/than. Classic error! Then conveys the passing of time. Than relates one thing to another.

I LIVE for these sorts of grammar mistakes. Geeks of the world, unite!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:51:17 +0000

Okay, so it was past the deadline, but I did notice an error no else pointed out. “100% online.” is a sentence fragment, and so is “50% less then the average cost.” The only sentence, “Learn more” does not have a period. Now I want to know 50% less then the average cost of what?

By: Matt - Scott (whatever)

Matt - Scott (whatever) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:28:21 +0000

If you are 50% less “than” the average, doesn’t that lower the the average.. making your 50% smaller… lowering the average again…. “I’m always chasing rainbows”

By: David Buckham

David Buckham — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:30:25 +0000

now if only i can get patience and patients figured out…

By: David Buckham

David Buckham — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:23:42 +0000

eggs actly whut evree won else don sed…they got the rong word four then and than…even i noed that and eye went too publik skool

By: Aaron Sykes

Aaron Sykes — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:17:35 +0000

“Then” should be “than” because we’re talking quantities. “Then” deals with order of events (Do this, THEN do that), whereas “than” deals with being more or less THAN, or also other THAN.

I’m really hoping for that man boobs picture…

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:30:50 +0000

Lol. That’s awful… My entry: then should be than. Reasoning: then implies a temporal succession, i. e. I’m going to the store, then going home. Than is comparative: ten is less than twenty.

By: Becca

Becca — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:43:55 +0000

I hope you didn’t faint. It was a joke. I once received an ad from a printing company that had so many typos I then and there vowed never to do business with said company.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:42:56 +0000

Oh Oh!…..Mr. Rust…..I know…..it’s “then”. Should be “than”. Got enough shirtless pic of you on my facebook page though. I’ll just be happy with the satisfaction of being first to answer.

By: Becca

Becca — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:42:48 +0000

Awesome. Obviously, it should be “50% fewer then”