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- grammaticality - I and others or others and I? - English Language . . .
"A couple of others" logically should follow "I", or the question 'other than who?' arises Kyudos's comment gives a way of avoiding a clumsy-sounding (and hence clumsy-looking?) construction I assume that a couple is a quantifier in the US; it's a couple of in the UK These things seem idiosyncratic - a dozen, but a score gross of
- grammar - “other’s lives” vs. “others’ lives” - English Language . . .
I'm not sure which of the following is correct: having an impact on other’s lives having an impact on others’ lives I just can’t figure out how the apostrophe should be used
- Possessive form: Others vs Others - English Language Usage Stack . . .
So the word others’ should be the correct word But when I searched the net to check with these words - mine, not others’ yours, not others’ ours, not others’ – the word not others came up much more often than the word not others’
- Others or the others in this example - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Who are the others? Have you referred to them in a previous sentence? Incidentally, the sentence is ambiguous with or without the article: Do you mean other doctors (apparently) or the rest of the world (which is what the sentence means) Furthermore, the infinitive better be repeated: "to share, and to benefit from, " with those (optional) commas as well
- Should I use other or others as an option item?
No matter if the option contains one or several members, the term to use is other Firstly, this is the term most commonly used Also, the reason seems to be that the word 'other' here is not a noun but an adjective: it does not refer to 'the other' but the set of 'other options' As other is not a noun here, it cannot be pluralized
- I and others or me and others - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Another way to say the possessive one anothers or each others
Mutual (adj ) 1 a: directed by each toward the other or the others Mutual affection b: having the same feelings one for the other They had long been mutual enemies M-W When people marry, most enter the union with an expectation that they have found the one person with whom they can share mutual trust, love, and respect until the end of time
- Word for someone who thinks they can do anything, and believes . . .
If someone thinks they are always doing the right thing, and believes others are wrong, what would I call them? Say, for example, I did something that person considers wrong But then on another
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