What is the difference between the use of the words than and then ?

The pronunciation of than and then is different: than English [ n , n] 美 [ n , n], then 英 [ en] 美 [ en].

1. than

Pronunciation: English [ n , n ] American [ n , n].

Definition: (to lead to the second part of the comparison) ratio; (compare quantity, distance, etc.) more, less than, less than; (means that one thing is immediately following another).

Grammar: The nominative form of the noun or pronoun followed by the noun or pronoun when used as a conjunction is a more formal usage, and if the personal pronoun is followed by a verb, the personal pronoun after the than can only be used in the nominative case. If the two sentences to be compared have the same component, the latter is usually omitted, and cannot be omitted if the two sentences to be compared are not identical.

Example sentence: They talked on the phone for more than an hour

They talked for more than an hour in **.

Second, then

Pronunciation: English [ en] 美 [ en].

Interpretation: (refers to the past) then, then; (referring to the future) to that time, then; And then; Then; Thenceforth; Afterward; So; Therefore; Case.

Grammar: then means "then, then", "then, then, then", "and", "then, therefore", when interpreted as "then", it can refer to the past or to the future. The then "then" solution is often used at the beginning or end of a sentence to ease the tone, and the "then" solution is often located after and before the modified word, playing a connecting role.

Example sentence: I felt myself blush then i sniffed back a tear.

I felt my face flush, and I sniffed out to keep the tears from falling.

Synonyms of then: afterwards

afterwards

Pronunciation: English [ ft w dz] American [ ft rw rdz].

Definition: Later, later, then.

Grammar: afterwards means "after", used to summarize a period of time in chronological order, emphasizing the sequence of events, generally not used in conjunction with words that indicate specific time, often modifying dynamic verbs, mostly at the beginning or end of a sentence. After often refers to the whole time, and is often used in stories and fairy tales to elicit some kind of story ending.

Example sentence: shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects

Shortly thereafter, ** arrested 4 suspects.

than pronunciation.

English [n] American [n].

then pronunciation.

English [ en] American [ n].

It can be seen that the British pronunciation of these two words is the same, and the American pronunciation is different.

than a conjunction or preposition.

English [n] American [n].

Paraphrasing: Conjunction. than, except for....(Outside), (just now....)Just, with....(Rather, rather, preferred, simply).

Preposition. Less than, (used to draw the second part of the comparison) than, (to indicate that one thing immediately follows another) on.

than is an adverb, which is used to modify a verb, and is generally placed after a verb, or used for a comparative, and is generally used as a conjunction. The words it adds are based on the preceding words and can be nouns, pronouns, verbs, or even sentences.

For example: he runs a lot faster than I

she looks younger than she is.

i like swimming more than running.

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Common syntax difficulties in using than.

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Adjective comparison than b(be).

The substantial verb adverb comparatively higher than b (auxiliary v) is translated as a more than b.

Placed after the comparative, the than is the flag of the comparative, and there is only one usage.