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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
- The other way around or the other way round
I see both phrases the other way around and the other way round very often Which is correct? Please provide usage examples
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Another vs other - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Other (other + plural or uncountable nonspecific noun) You can say: 'If I had another five dollars I could afford it ' - Five dollars is single unit of money I have to admit that this answer lacked more information previously With numbers it is acceptable to use another, but there are exceptions
- 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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