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- idioms - Differ to, differ with or differ from - English Language . . .
differ from something to something: The techniques used differ from company to company to disagree with someone about a subject differ on over: Experts differ on the causes of the disease opinions views differ: Opinions differ as to the likely winner of the tournament differ with: Baker also differed with members of Congress over this issue
- Differ by vs Differ in - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Relative to the IIa items, the IIb items differ by one letter, the Ilc items by two letters, and the III items by one letter - The Psychology of Associative Learning In your case, saying "X differs from Y in having vertebral folds" has the sense that having vertebral folds is the category of interest but doesn't specify the specifics of that
- word choice - Beg to differ - Why is there a need to beg for differ . . .
Wouldn't 'Wish to differ' be better than 'Beg to differ'? A friend of mine asked me why I like to 'beg to differ', instead of 'wish to differ' or 'want to differ' Any insight on the history of 'Beg to differ'? I know that 'Beg to differ' looks more polite but another friend told me that it is over-polite, so would 'Wish to differ' be a better
- Vary or differ? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
But "differ" might be better as a warning – FumbleFingers Commented Oct 10, 2018 at 14:39
- grammaticality - Does differ by even exist? - English Language . . .
I have a question about the preposition for differ in the following context: A differs B merely from a chemical element Or better to say: A differs B by a chemical element I will prefer the first one to the second one, because I cannot find a reliable source for the meaning of differ by
- A differ from B by due to for the presence of C? [closed]
Lions differ from cats in their size Lions differ from cats in that they are bigger Lions differ from cats by being bigger The grammar is rather complicated here I wouldn't put a noun after by, but a noun works perfectly well after in I can also put a clause after in that, and a present participle (with the subject of lions) after by
- Which is correct: __ is different from __ or __ is different than
You left out the construction that makes the question more interesting: different to The quick answer is that "different from" is always correct and acceptable everywhere, but "different than" is common in US usage (as odd as it may seem for two things to be both different than the other), and "different to" is common in UK usage (as odd as it may seem to have both "different from" and
- What is the origin of the phrase great minds think alike?
@phoog Sure, I agree it is a possibility Of course the longer version being an adaptation of the shorter is also possible Wikitionary suggests that "fools seldom differ" is usually a comeback of sorts I E One guy says "great minds think alike" and another (probably the other agreeing party) says "more like fools seldom differ " –
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