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Rule "..., than (then)"

Pattern:	, than
Description:	..., than (then)
Message:	Did you mean then?
Category:	Possible Typos
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Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	If we want to eat, than we need to get some money. Correction suggestion: then
Correct sentences for comparison:	If we want to eat, then we need to get some money.
ID:	COMMA_THAN [1]

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...y life, felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in signing this paper."[178] For some time, ..

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