亲爱的读者:你们好!广州读者刘瑛问到下面一句中的 different than 是否正确:(1)It’s very,very different than what’s happened.答:关于 different 后应接 from,than 或 to 的问题,一百多年来,一直是有争议的。在美国历史上,本有不少大作家都曾用过 different from,differentthan 和 different to,并未引起争议。但从18世纪下半叶起,有些英语学者就只赞同使用 different from,而反对使用 different than 和 different to;由于different than 较为常见,所以对它尤为反对。在当代,有一种看法较为公允,似 Dear readers: Hello! Guangzhou Liu Ying readers asked the following one in the different than is correct: (1) It’s very, very different than what’s happened. For years, it has always been controversial. In the history of the United States, there have been many big writers who have used different from, differentthan and different to, did not cause controversy. But since the second half of the 18th century, some English scholars have only favored the use of different from, and opposed the use of different than and different to; the opposite is more common as different than. In the contemporary era, there is a more fair and similar view