John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Gets Game
An anonymous reader writes "Snake is back from the ashes, and this time it's gonna be a videogame made by Namco! It is based off the new comic book, and John Carpenter, Debra Hill and Kurt Russell all seem to be involved! 2005 is a long time to wait, but here's hoping it is better then Escape from LA." Another reader points out an MSNBC article discussing the resurgence of the un-Solid Escape From New York character, whose videogame adaptation looks to be courtesy Namco Hometek, US-based developers of Dead To Rights.
I hate to be a grammar nazi, lord knows mine is atrocious. But can someone explain to be why people have so much trouble with 'then' vs. 'than'?
This is the one grammar mistake that really grates on my nerves.
For those who don't know: 'then' is used for continuation, 'than' is a comparison.
"If we play better than our opponents, then we will win." Got it?
OK that's out of my system... won't happen again.
"Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos." -- Homer Simpson