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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

another + proper name

Hi,
Is this possible (correct) to place the word 'another' before a proper name?

I seem to have encountered/saw ...

another Bill Clinton
another XXX Stadium
another XXX Street
  

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Yes, you can use it before a proper name. You don't mean you will create another one of those things. You are referring to some aspect of that person/thing, and saying you will have another person/thing that is very much like the original in that manner.

— BarbaraPA

  • Yes, you can use it before a proper name.
  • You don't mean you will create another one of those things.
  • You are referring to some aspect of that person/thing, and saying you will have another person/thing that is very much like the original in that manner.
  • Let's say that some stadium, Grammar Stadium, ended up costing three times as much as it was supposed to.
  • A few years later, another building is running behind schedule and very much over budget.
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Yes, you can use it before a proper name. You don't mean you will create another one of those things. You are referring to some aspect of that person/thing, and saying you will have another person/thing that is very much like the original in that manner.
Let's say that some stadium, Grammar Stadium, ended up costing three times as much as it was supposed to. A few years later, another buildin
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Hi guys,
Or you might hear a conversation like this.

Tom: I met Bill Clinton at the library yesterday.

Mary: Really? You mean the ex-president?

Tom: No, no, I mean another Bill Clinton. This one is just a cab-driver.

Best wishes, Clive
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