Re: "Not only did we beat you"

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:55:11 GMT, "Alan" <in_flagrante@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>"Joe Fineman" <joe_f@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:u7jeosl5h.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> dayzman@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>>> Mike Lyle wrote:
>>>> Troy Steadman wrote:
>>>> > Jess Askin wrote:
>>>> >> <dayzman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> >> news:1123996261.099283.225600@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >>> Hi,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Is it grammatically correct to say:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> "Not only we beat you, we beat the referee too."
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> If so, how is it different to:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> "Not only did we beat you, we beat the referee too."
>>>> >>
[snip]

>Previous posters have answered your question, but I just wanted to make an
>aside: it should be "different from" rather than "different to"
>
No it shouldn't. "That *different* can only be followed by *from* and
not by *to* is a superstition", says Fowler. The OED also rejects the
idea.

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