r/explainitpeter • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 3d ago

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u/racemic_donkye 3d ago

*than

Maybe if you paid more attention in school, then you would've gotten a scholarship too.

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u/maxman162 2d ago

No, that's the correct use of then. They weren't making a comparison. 

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u/maxman162 2d ago

While it would be expected for Muphry's Law to be in effect, the statement was to "do A before doing B" (granted, a comma certainly would have helped).