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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Another vs the other

We use two past simple verbs for one action after another/the other.

Which is correct and why? The other or another?

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We use two past simple verbs for two successive actions. CB

  • We use two past simple verbs for two successive actions.
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We use two past simple verbs for two successive actions.

CB

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anonymousanother

"another" is a combination of "an" and "other", in other words "one other".

So you need "one action" and "one other action" ("another action").

... one action after another.

CJ

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