I am not one to point out
misspellings as a rule. I understand that educated
individuals sometimes type quickly and
occasionally miss a letter or so. I know I have. But I see the
misuse of the word "
then" so often that I have to make mention of it.
Now, unless I have missed something in the
evolution of English grammar in the past ten or fifteen years, the word "then" is commonly used as part of a
conditional statement, such as:
"If I am here, then I am not there" or in a
continuing thought, such as:
"First, you do this. Then you do that".
The word "then" is
not used for
comparison reasons. For example, the following statements:
"I have a larger vocabulary then you do" and
"My car seats more people then yours does" are
incorrect. The proper word to use in these contexts is "
than".
That's all.