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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
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
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
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
determiners - Any vs. any other and every vs. every other . . . First, there's no meaning difference between the (a) and (b) versions Tom can't be taller than himself, so the truth set is identical Second, any is a Negative Polarity Item, and that means it can only occur in a negative context, and the than clause of a comparative construction is such a context And that means that it doesn't really mean every, outside such a context For instance, She
Some other or another - English Language Usage Stack Exchange ODO on some other gives an example and definition which is remarkably similar to another However the other uses the definite article and must refer to something specific There is no evidence of prior research in this question