"Antother one" vs. "next one"

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Hello all )I am having a little argument with a colleague of mine over the following:Imagine, my friend bought me a cup of coffee and I drank it. Then he says: "Do you want another one" or "Come on, drink another one!". Am I right that these senteces would sound very weird (if not outright incorrect) if "another" was replaced with "(the)next"?I am sure of my rightfullness, just as my colleague of his, so we just need a third side to judge us.Thank you in advance,Anton

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

Ant_222 "Do you want another one" or "Come on, drink another one!"

These sentences are grammatical. Many people might reword them: "Would you like another one?" But, as I said there's nothing wrong with the grammar, and as you said, (the) next would be wrong instead of another.

CB

CalifJim · Answer

Ant_222Am I right that these senteces would sound very weird (if not outright incorrect) if "another" was replaced with "(the)next"?

Yes. You are right. That would be weird.

If there were 10 cups of coffee that you had to drink (for some reason, maybe a coffee drinking contest) (Suppose they were all lined up on a table), and you were drinking them one at a time, then it would make sense to someone to tell you, "Drink the next one", "Drink the next one", "Drink the next one", as you continued to drink them all. But when there is no definite number of cups of coffee to drink, as in the scenario you presented, it makes no sense to use "next".

CJ

Ant_222 · Answer

Thank you, guys.
CJ, your reasoning perfectly corresponds with my view on the problem

Anton

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