I'm usually pretty good with grammar, but I was working on a piece a moment ago and my wires got crossed on an instance of using the comparative of 'than' against the active 'then'
"He apparently had about as much control over what came out of his mouth than what went in it."
It would be 'than' wouldn't it? Because your comparing it to the previous action, but it's an action? I'm not 100%, but I'm pretty sure.
"He apparently had about as much control over what came out of his mouth than what went in it."
It would be 'than' wouldn't it? Because your comparing it to the previous action, but it's an action? I'm not 100%, but I'm pretty sure.