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Makiasan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

better than other person/people

I think I leanred that the word "other" as a determiner is followed by a plural noun.
The other day, I googled a phrase "better than other", then I found that a phrase "better than other person" has more results than "better than other people."
Which is correct?
  

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people makes more sense, and even ones, better than the other ones (in a specific situation) or even you can use others and drop person people or one

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  • people makes more sense, and even ones, better than the other ones (in a specific situation) or even you can use others and drop person people or one
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people makes more sense, and even ones, better than the other ones (in a specific situation) or even you can use others and drop person people or one
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It should be "the other person".
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Other can be follwed by a singular noun:
I like Prague better than any other town I have lived in.
I left the Rolls at home today. I came to work in my other.


I cannot at the moment think of any situation in which 'better than other person' could be acceptable English.
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youzou:
people makes more sense, and even ones, better than the other ones (in a specific situation) or even you can use others and drop person people or one

Ivanhr:
It should be "the other person".

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MakiasanWhich is correct, "This is better than other (not "the other" ) things/ gifts/ people." or "This is better than other (not "the other" ) thing/ gift/ person."
This is better than (any) other plural nouns.
This is better than the other plural nouns (previously referred to).

This is better than any other singular noun.
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Hi fivejedjon,
I learned thanks to you that when you use the word "any other", you don't have to use plural nouns.
Thank you so much!
Maki
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