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Pedant warning: your last phrase should contain "than", not "then".
Indeed. I literally never use the word "than". Fuck grammar, "than" looks weird.
I never say "than", I say "then", therefore it just seems right to spell it how I always say it.
Edit: I wonder what the most downvoted comment is on Lemmy World, am I making history?
Edit: I'm concerned for everyone who upvoted this
I hope this does not affect your usage of effect in the correct context.
As a former copy editor I find the effect of using affect incorrectly eye roll inducing.
But yeah, affect is a verb, effect is a noun.
The easy rule of thumb for then/than is that if you are comparing things or qualities or quantities of things, you use than, otherwise, then is used.
I came across effect/affect swapping in university level textbook the other day, couldn't believe it.