"Richard J." wrote in message
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Robin Cox wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message
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sigh Another sign that English isn't taught well these days. If
you had been brought up in, say, Liverpool or Manchester, you would
have been very familiar with the large store called Lewis's
(different company to John Lewis).

Different company *from* ....

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?

It's what I was taught at school.

Perhaps my English teacher hadn't read Fowler or Gowers, or perhaps
she disagreed with them both.

Or perhaps she was a superstitious fetishist.


Robin