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The Writing Room: Different From, Different Than – Which Is It?

January 16, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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I was at the gym working on my pecs and abdominals the other day when I spotted a flyer announcing, “Belly fat is different than other fat.” Shouldn’t that be different from? What’s correct? I hadn’t a clue. Read more.

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