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Richard J. · November 24th 03, 02:39 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Peter Beale wrote:
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).

Ah yes, very logical. So according with* you, my posts have been full with*
mistakes.

* Sorry about the odd English, but I'm following your rules.
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Richard J.
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