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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

than or other than

Which one is correct?
Is there a different word I can use than that?
Is there a different word I can use other than that?
  

Top answer

Only the second sounds correct. However, the other than that part would usually be implied: Is there a different word I can use? These are also possible: Is there another word I can use instead of [word]?

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Only the second sounds correct. However, the other than that part would usually be implied: Is there a different word I can use?

These are also possible:

Is there another word I can use instead of [word]?
Do you know of a synonym for [word]?