Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- Three of these usages are wrong.
- Choices
- Item
- different from
- Correct
- Yes
- Explanation
- Strunk calls this not permissible.
- Item
- different than
- Explanation
- Countable things take 'fewer'.
- Item
- less men than before
- Explanation
- It is always written as two words.
- Item
- all right written as one word
Explanation
Each trap is a usage error Strunk names. Source: The Elements of Style, Strunk (1918), Words Commonly Misused.