Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: The pigments used in modern oil paints are different than

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The purpose of this sentence is to contrast pigments used in modern oil paints with the
pigments used in older paints. The original sentence uses the wordy expression “are different
than,” but the idiomatic expression is “are different from,” and the more concise “differ from”
would be even better. In addition, the statement “…X are different than Y because…” is
misleading due to the use of “because”: it implies that because the pigments used in modern
oil paints are
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