- An other vs another - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The string an other is vanishingly rare in English In contrast another is positively pervasive I think it would be fair to say that the second has eclipsed the first to the point of making the first unacceptable, even though it is a grammatical string Both an and another are members of the category of determiners, while other, on the other hand, is an adjective There's no grammatical
- I and others or others and I? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In British English, I would say me and a couple of others, since others is plural and implies a longer list I was taught that rule only applies when talking about two individuals So, rigourously, it would be Bob and I, but that me, John and Peter is a valid as John, Peter and I However, like the split infinitive, I think this is one of those non-rules of grammar Almost everyone, in the
- No other . . . except - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"No other," answers A, but my stationer " Here the expression, as Baker remarks, seems strictly proper, the words no other having a reference to A But if the stationer had been the only visitor, he [the person speaking to B] should say, "none but," or "no other than the stationer called on me this morning " This is the opinion of Baker
- Whats the difference between another and other?
There's a formula: another = an + other Think of it as of an article plus the word "other" that have historically merged into one word Grammar requires some article before "other book"; either "the" or "a " Depending on the context, you get either "You need to buy the other book" (if, for instance, the guy bought only the first book out of the set of two) or "You need to buy an_other book
- Each other’s nose or each other’s noses? - English Language Usage . . .
Since “each other’s” basically means “ (mutually) the other person’s”, and we wouldn’t say “the other person’s faces” (unless the other person is two-faced), it makes more sense to say “each other’s face” Nevertheless, the plural form seems to be more common in modern usage, so it can hardly be considered incorrect
- Another way to say the possessive one anothers or each others
The possessive forms in "one another's" or "each other's" seems awkward as the "s" is given to just one part of the phrase Is there any other way to say such possessives
- pronouns - Is each other used correctly when talking about sets of . . .
I have seen a statement: We have a Christian duty to serve each other Is this statement correct? Because 'each other' is used for two persons and 'one another' for more than two persons
- On the one other hand vs. on the one other side
So 'on the one hand' and 'on the other hand' should be used to mention about 2 opposite ideas in terms of an issue But if you use 'on the one side' and 'on another side' to mention about something, it means that the problem maybe has more than 2 opinions; and it doesn't need to be contrasting A good example for this is a cube with 6 sides
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