alleryChoose the option that uses correct idiomatic prepositions: 'The committee's findings are very _____ those of the earlier panel.'
Adifferent than
Bdifferent from
Cdifferent with
Ddifferent to
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. different from
In American/SAT English, the idiom is 'different from', not 'different than' (British usage allows 'different to').
'Different from' is the SAT-correct prepositional pairing.
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