Originally posted by Randi
I too agree ..... of course.

And, I have a question. Could anyone enlighten me on the words THEN and THAN? It seems that quite a few Americans are using THEN, while I would have used THAN.

I'm still hoping to learn more English here.
THEN should be used to describe something relating to time.. as in "I went to the store then I ate cake then I came home."

THAN is a comparison word - "I would rather have chocolate than green beans"

Then is used to indicate a time ("Now I feel OK, but I was scared then") or to introduce the consequent in an "if...then..." phrase ("If death is annihilation, then it is nothing either to the living or to the dead"). Than is used to make comparisons ("Jesse Ventura is taller than Dr. Ruth").
taken from http://www.nc.gsu.edu/~phltso/grammar&usage.html