My name is Fanny.

我叫芬妮

And in this video I'm going to talk to you about a very common writing mistake.

而在這段視頻中，我將和大家聊聊一個很常見的寫作錯誤。

Now it's not so much a speaking mistake, but it's a writing, a spelling mistake that a lot of students make and I want you to fix it.

現在這不是什麼口語錯誤，而是寫作、拼寫錯誤，很多學生都會犯這樣的錯誤，我希望你能改正。

It's the difference between "than" t-h-a-n and "then" t-h-e-n.

這就是 "比 "t-h-a-n和 "然後 "t-h-e-n的區別。

Now as you can hear the sound is practically the same, but the spelling is different.

現在，你可以聽到的聲音實際上是相同的，但拼寫是不同的。

So you need to know the difference.

所以你要知道其中的區別。

Let's take a look at two example sentences.

我們來看兩個例句。

First we have, "John is taller than Sarah."

首先我們有，"約翰比莎拉高"。

So in this case, we have "than" t-h-a-n.

所以在這種情況下，我們有 "比 "t-h-a-n。

Which is a word that we use for comparisons okay.

這是我們用來比較的一個詞好嗎。

When we want to compare two things.

當我們要比較兩件事情的時候。

John is taller than Sarah.

約翰比莎拉高。

I am more beautiful than you.

我比你更漂亮。

Okay?

好嗎？

In this case, you will use t-h-a-n.

在這種情況下，你將使用t-h-a-n。

Now if we look at the second sentence.

現在如果我們看第二句。

I went to school, then I went home.

我去了學校，然後回家。

Now in this case, "then" is spelled t-h-e-n and has a very different meaning.

現在，在這種情況下，"然後 "的拼寫是t-h-e-n，意義非常不同。

We use "then" t-h-e-n as a word to mark a sequence of actions.

我們用 "那麼 "t-h-e-n這個詞來標記一連串的動作。

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

So it's a time word that we use in English.

所以這是我們英語中的一個時間詞。

"I went to school...first action, and then I went home...second action."

"我去學校......第一次行動，然後我回家......第二次行動。"

Okay?

好嗎？

So two different meanings.

所以兩個不同的意思。

Different spellings.

不同的拼法。

And it's a very common writing mistake.

而這是一個很常見的寫作錯誤。

My students keep making this mistake and it drives me crazy.

我的學生一直在犯這個錯誤，這讓我抓狂。

Okay?

好嗎？

So I hope that you now know the difference between the two words.

所以我希望你現在知道這兩個詞的區別了。

Please be good students - avoid that horrible English mistake,

請你做個好學生--避免犯那種可怕的英語錯誤。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝你。

Thank you guys for watching my video.

謝謝你們看我的視頻。

If you've liked this video, please show us your support.

如果你喜歡這個視頻，請對我們表示支持。

Click like. Subscribe to the channel.

點擊喜歡。訂閱該頻道。

Put comments below if you have some and share this video.

如果你有什麼意見，請在下面留言，並分享這個視頻。

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