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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Another vs Other
Hi
I'm teaching Tesol classes and my students asked me what is the difference between other and another. Well I did my research, but was not satisfied with the results. 1. What gramatical heading do these words fall under and 2. How do I explain this to my students?
Thank you for any assistance which you can give me.
I'm teaching Tesol classes and my students asked me what is the difference between other and another. Well I did my research, but was not satisfied with the results. 1. What gramatical heading do these words fall under and 2. How do I explain this to my students?
Thank you for any assistance which you can give me.
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Hi, Guest-- 'Another' is a pronoun or an adjective: 'give me another'; 'give me another biscuit'. 'Other' is a pronoun or adjective: 'I want the other'; 'I want the other biscuit'. ' (definite) indefinite.
- Hi, Guest-- 'Another' is a pronoun or an adjective: 'give me another'; 'give me another biscuit'.
- 'Other' is a pronoun or adjective: 'I want the other'; 'I want the other biscuit'.
- ' (definite) indefinite.
- Does this help?
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Hi, Guest--
'Another' is a pronoun or an adjective: 'give me another'; 'give me another biscuit'.
'Other' is a pronoun or adjective: 'I want the other'; 'I want the other biscuit'.
'Others' is a pronoun only: 'I want some others.'
So we have:
Singular and plural adjectives:
'I want another colour.' (indefinite)
'I want the other colour
'Another' is a pronoun or an adjective: 'give me another'; 'give me another biscuit'.
'Other' is a pronoun or adjective: 'I want the other'; 'I want the other biscuit'.
'Others' is a pronoun only: 'I want some others.'
So we have:
Singular and plural adjectives:
'I want another colour.' (indefinite)
'I want the other colour
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Hi,
I found this explanation very clear and easy to understand, i really thank you for it.
A friend asked me what was the difference between those words but i did not know either, so we tried to look for examples on line. we agree that your examples are really useful.
Thank you very much.
Jesuito MONTEJO
I found this explanation very clear and easy to understand, i really thank you for it.
A friend asked me what was the difference between those words but i did not know either, so we tried to look for examples on line. we agree that your examples are really useful.
Thank you very much.
Jesuito MONTEJO
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Hello,
I have it explained it to my students this way and it always seems to work:
Another vs. Other:
"Another" refers to additional/more: (eg.) I want a candy, and another, and another, etc. --- the idea here is additional.
"Other" is used when it´s between things and not additional. (eg.) I don´t want that candy,
I have it explained it to my students this way and it always seems to work:
Another vs. Other:
"Another" refers to additional/more: (eg.) I want a candy, and another, and another, etc. --- the idea here is additional.
"Other" is used when it´s between things and not additional. (eg.) I don´t want that candy,
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