College Officials

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by CDurham

Besides the differences in rules, what makes a college official different than a high school official?
- Look, presence, mechanics, ect.?

Grammar is the key difference.

Well, that and consistency, call quality, effective game management and communication with the coaches (and others).

[doubleringer]

Size.....of the paycheck.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by CDurham

Different than.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Grammar is the key difference.

"From" is most certainly correct, while "than" is not uncommon in the "Colonies".

The Collins Cobuild Bank of English shows choice of preposition after "different" to be distributed (%) as follows:

"from" "to" "than"
----- ---- ------
U.K. writing 87.6 10.8 1.5
U.K. speech 68.8 27.3 3.9
U.S. writing 92.7 0.3 7.0
U.S. speech 69.3 0.6 30.1