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Years ago I knew the distinction between "this book is different from that one" and "this book is longer than that one." How do you choose?

Leslie Wilder
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  • You could have a look here: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/516/which-is-correct-is-different-from-or-is-different-than – joe_young Jun 11 '15 at 18:41

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"different from" is the normal thing, but in BrE you can also use different to sth, and in AmE different than sth. After comparative you always use than. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/different?q=different

rogermue
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