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Choose the option with the correct verb-preposition pairing (formal English): 'The committee's findings are very _____ those of the earlier panel.'

Adifferent than mentioned
Bdifferent from those
Cdifferent with regards
Ddifferent to those
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. different from those
In formal English, the idiom is 'different from', not 'different than' (a colloquialism) or 'different to' (British informal). 'Different with' is not idiomatic.
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