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Peter Beale · November 24th 03, 08:28 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Richard J.) wrote:

That rule was described as a superstition and a fetish by Fowler in
1926 (or Gowers in 1965), and modern authorities agree with him that
"different to" and "different from" are both acceptable, and have been for
hundreds of years. Or can you quote a contrary view?

Yes: in *my* view "different to" is not acceptable! :-) (Something differs from
something else, not differs to).

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Peter Beale