All you English language experts

[starone]

Which is right? different from or different to? Fed up with or fed up of? I think it is from and with but I keep hearing the others.

[237SJ]

Different from, Fed up with

[boxtops]

Most definitely Fed up "with" - same as bored with. The OF has crept into modern usage but is wrong.

[gen2]

Similar TO, different FROM

[gen2]

and definitely Fed up WITH

[jno]

what they've said. Americans sometimes say 'different than'. Lots of people say 'bored of' (because it sounds like 'tired of') but I think that's wrong.

[boxtops]

Different from is correct, although different to is used in the UK - different than is a complete no-no!

[jomifl]

I agree with you Starbuck but I think we are increasingly in the minority. I can't think of any reason why either is correct, just a matter of custom and usage. Perhaps 'similar to' and 'similar from' give a clue.Do you say 'tired with' or 'tired of' or 'happy with' or happy of'

[saxy_jag]

I would use 'different from' and 'fed up with', which I believe are the correct forms, but I don't have a real problem with people using the other forms. Neither of them can possibly be any worse than the american 'different than'.

[boxtops]

Just said it, I'd say "tired of" and "happy with" but the former might not be right!

[jno]

boxy, saying "the situation is different than in 1982" is less clumsy than saying "different from what it was in 1982", so the Americans sometimes have a point.

[boxtops]

true, jno - language is a wonderful thing!

[gen2]

jno, what is wrong with "the situation is different from 1982"? That is even less clumsy.