One of my biggest pet peeves and the trigger that inspired this blog is grown beings still confusing the words THEN and THAN. I realize that the world is filled with people of varying degrees of intelligence, but we all went to elementary school, right? (Or grade school as you preps call it.)
This annoyance first became very apparent during my freshman year of college as it frequently popped up on away messages throughout the country. "Math THAN English THAN out with my most fav girlies for Friday night fun!" With the decline of iChat and AOL instant messenger, this ridiculousness has been kept alive with similar facebook statuses and tweets.
Not only do I NOT need a play by play of your day, (why do I care?) but you are using the word THAN when you should be using the word THEN. You may not even care that you are using the word than incorrectly. You may not even care that you appear (and in most cases are) stupid. But it kills me.
Side note - We can probably all be accused of over-sharing a bit on the Internet as we now have so many outlets to do so, some people however, take this much further than others. *CoughattentionwhoresCoughmommydaddyissuesCough* And fear not, current college frosh and soon-to-be college frosh, most of these statuses/tweets you see your peers posting are BS. Their college life isn't more glamorous than yours. They most likely feel the exact same way as you do. Many people need heightened perceptions of reality to make themselves feel better. Some even go as far as believing it.
So, if you need to share with everyone you know how super great your life is or tell us what you will be doing after you take your next shit, please use the word THEN, meaning "after that". THAN is used to compare or contrast. In this case, your talk is bigger THAN your reality and/or your smarts.
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