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- 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
- 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 vs. one another - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This is an interesting usage note extracted from the "each other" page of Yahoo! Education (emphasis added) It answers your question It is often maintained that each other should be used to denote a reciprocal relation between two entities, with one another reserved for more than two: thus The twins dislike each other but The triplets dislike one another Sixty-four percent of Usage
- 2 other vs. other 2 - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to this, as "other" is an adjective you must write "two other places", "the two other places" In this ngram you can see that this order is prevalent There is a very small minority (the other two sides, the other two groups, the other two men) but for these three words this is nonetheless by far the preferred order
- grammar - Something or other vs something or another? - English . . .
0 Both are grammatically correct You can use Something or other which is a usual way of representing Another method is One thing or another
- 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
- synonyms - Other ways to say each other - English Language Usage . . .
Are there any other ways to say each other? For example, in this sentence: There are times when we both need each other
- than vs other than - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
When is the construction other than required, or preferable to simply than? There's not much we can do than wait This feels more correct: There's not much we can do other than wait But if I a
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