This thread is sponsored by my mother
Hear this and her other classic hits 'different FROM', 'you can't centre AROUND something' and many, many more - every supper time, until you leave home....

...and remember, Monty's Grammatical Mother is NOT available in the shops
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 14:58, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

actually
there is nowt wrong with "different from". it's a perfectly acceptable form that i hate my students using - it just sounds daft, that's all
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 17:04, Reply)

That's the point
'different to' or the American 'different than' are wrong, 'different from' is correct - hence my dear mama correcting us in that manner.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 17:08, Reply)