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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / November 2003different??
Why does the mail merge, "Edit Address Block" function say "Only include the country/region if different than"? There's no such thing as "different *than*", I think it means "different *from*". Perhaps Microsoft should run a Grammar Check on their dialog boxes I think it sounds awkward too. But I find it hard to get worked up about things that sound wrong but are in fact comprehensible, except for the fact that it makes things harder for users whose mother tongue is not English. But "different to" and different than are listed in my (British English) dictionary whereas "different than" is listed as "not now", which I assume indicates that it was in use at one time. -- Peter Jamieson - Word MVP & not all that pedantic either. > Why does the mail merge, "Edit Address Block" function > say "Only include the country/region if different than"? > There's no such thing as "different *than*", I think it > means "different *from*". Perhaps Microsoft should run a > Grammar Check on their dialog boxes |
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