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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
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
What are valid time-periods that can be used in the phrase the other Looking at the Google NGram, of your list the other day is the only one of your list of phrases that appears at all, which is what I expected from my own recollection Putting in the terms from Ste's list here, I found that the other evening, the other afternoon, the other night and the other morning appear quite frequently, and the other lunchtime appears but very rarely
Some other or another - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I wonder if "some other" means exactly the same as "another" in the following sentences Is there any difference between them? There must be another explanation There must be some other
except for vs other than - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Perhaps, though, other equivalent phrases can highlight the difference in usage if you replace "except for" with "with the exception of" and "other than" with "apart from" Then we have "Are there any vegetables with the exception of asparagus?" which is clearly wrong So the two phrases have overlapping uses, but are not equivalent
Is there a more concise term for a long-term girlfriend boyfriend than . . . "Significant other" is what I would like to say, but I dislike using the term because there are so many syllables and it seems so wordy Is there a shorter term to use to describe a long term boyfriend girlfriend that fills the role of a husband wife?
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