【美式】【英式】Food in Shanghai is quite different from that in Chengdu.

【美式】【非正式】Food in Shanghai is quite different than that in Chengdu.

【英式】【非正式】Food in Shanghai is quite different to that in Chengdu.

(上海菜與成都菜完全不同。)

在正式用語、商務用語、考試中，請用different from。

‧ Sid and his identical twin brother, Trent, are very different from each other.

（席德與他的雙胞胎弟弟崔恩特完全不同。）

【different from 和 different than 的使用時機】

1. 當比較兩個事物時，最常用的片語是 different from。

2. 如果 different 後面是一個從屬子句，美式非正式用語中可以用從屬連接詞 than。

【非正式】【美式】The true story was different than Lori had told Lulu.

【正式】The true story was different from what Lori had told Lulu.

3. 下面的例句，用 than比用 from更自然。

‧ Buzz thinks about love in a different way from the way in which Kay does.

→文法正確，但不自然，顯得笨拙。

‧ Buzz thinks about love in a different way than Kay does.

→較自然

（巴斯對愛情的看法與凱對愛情的看法不一樣。）

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※本文節錄自《Don't Say It! 600個你一定會錯的英文（20K彩色版）》

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