The Wrong Word Entirely, # 47

Pop Spencer has submitted a topical mangle:

Link: MirrorOnline, World Cup 2014, ‘England’s World Cup loss […]’

I see this error quite often in publications and in students’ essays, and it seems not to be confined to a particular area or even country of origin. The fact that some writers insert then for than more than once — in some cases, several times — in a single work suggests that it cannot always be dismissed as a typographical error or other accidental slip, but is, in some cases at least, a misusage that should have been corrected at some point.

I’ve not so far come across the reverse error, than for then.

then for than