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by codesnooker » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:13 am
than: is used for comparison purpose.

For example: In studies, Ram is better than Mohan.

rather than: is most commonly used for instead of

For example: Rather than seating idle, I would like to study hard and beat the GMAT.

rather than : Can also be taken as adverb with conjunction, which means "and not"

For example: I decided to skip lunch rather than eat in the cafeteria again.

There are many more usage for rather than, but I guess need not to focus much.

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by cjiang16 » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:12 am
There is more before than, but not before rather than
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