[B5geek]

I'm going to assume you are a grammar Nazi of the American variety.

thEn is a correct and acceptable spelling in Canada.

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As I was typing this up I was looking for references to back up statement. BUT I was wrong. (damn my 4rd grade english teacher!)

I was taught that the two words were grammatically the same it was just a difference in US vs 'British/Canadian' spelling. (i.e. grey vs gray)

So, please ignore my indignant reply. (Which I left in for reference.)

For future versions of myself who will make this mistake again:

THAN = a comparison

Golf balls are smaller THAN bowling balls.

THEN = a statement relating to time.

I went golfing THEN bowling.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/than http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/then

[klipt]

Hahaha, oh wow, that's hilarious!

Glad you learned something today :-) http://xkcd.com/1053/

[mikeash]

Amusingly, "so much warmer then DDOS'd" could be used to describe what happened to this server.

[ozh]

For the record, I'm just a non English speaker and it's really painful for us strangers to see things like this after so many years spent learning "academic" English :)

Kudos on leaving your statement in full transparency anyway :)

[skj]

I would never trust a 4th grade English teacher for any advice on grammar or spelling.

[B5geek]

Well, I must admit to the possibility that I just wasn't paying attention and this 'wrong' rule was just shit I made up.

/me has disgraced the entire Canadian education system, or has just highlighted his own ignorance.