Them vs. Then
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Difference Between Them and Then
Thempronoun
Objective case of they: third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
Give it to them. (after preposition)She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)She treated them for a cold. (direct object)Thenadverb
(temporal location) At that time.
He was happy then.Thempronoun
Objective case of they: third-person singular pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them. (after preposition)If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them. (direct object)Thenadverb
(temporal location) Soon afterward.
He fixed it, then left.Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.Themdeterminer
(dialectal) Those.
Them kids need to grow up.Thenadverb
(sequence) Next in order; in addition.
There are three green ones, then a blue one.ADVERTISEMENT
Thenadverb
(conjunctive) In that case.
If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.Is it 12 o'clock already? Then it's time for me to leave.You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?Thenadverb
(sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.Thenadverb
Used to contradict an assertion.
Thenadjective
Being so at that time.
Thennoun
That time
It will be finished before then.Thenconjunction
obsolete spelling of than
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Thennoun
that time; that moment;
we will arrive before thenwe were friends from then onThenadjective
at a specific prior time;
the then presidentThenadverb
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors);
then he leftgo left first, then rightfirst came lightning, then thunderwe watched the late movie and then went to bedand so home and to bedThenadverb
in that case or as a consequence;
if he didn't take it, then who did?keep it then if you want tothe case, then, is closedyou've made up your mind then?then you'll be richThenadverb
at that time;
I was young thenprices were lower back thenscience as it was then taught
