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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
How to correctly use 'yet another'?
Hi all,
Was hoping to get your opinion to see if this is the correct way to use 'yet another'.
Basically at work, I wanted to start a weekly email mail-out that provided a list of useful acronyms/abbreviations that might be useful in the office; as well as Spanish words/phrases along with the English definition. I don't think it matters too much of what was exactly included, but ultimately it was a weekly distribution to teach people new things every week.
So I tried to think of a catch 'title' to the email newsletter and decided to call it YASOALS.
It was to stand for 'Yet another Spanish or acronym learning session'.
(Obviously it wasn't meant to make sense on the initial email, but I thought the 'yet another' part would kick in after it had been sent a few times)
So the first one was named YASOALS (Edition #1) and then the next one was YASOALS (Edition #2)...etc.
So the argument from some people in the office don't think it is 'yet another' learning session - and that it is a whole new learning session. But to me, it is 'another' edition of a learning session.
I was asked to scrap the 'yet another' because it didn't gramatically make sense. So I thought I'd check in with you guys to see what you thought. Happy to see what everyone thinks
Please note: This is obviously not that serious, but I am quite curious nonetheless
Was hoping to get your opinion to see if this is the correct way to use 'yet another'.
Basically at work, I wanted to start a weekly email mail-out that provided a list of useful acronyms/abbreviations that might be useful in the office; as well as Spanish words/phrases along with the English definition. I don't think it matters too much of what was exactly included, but ultimately it was a weekly distribution to teach people new things every week.
So I tried to think of a catch 'title' to the email newsletter and decided to call it YASOALS.
It was to stand for 'Yet another Spanish or acronym learning session'.
(Obviously it wasn't meant to make sense on the initial email, but I thought the 'yet another' part would kick in after it had been sent a few times)
So the first one was named YASOALS (Edition #1) and then the next one was YASOALS (Edition #2)...etc.
So the argument from some people in the office don't think it is 'yet another' learning session - and that it is a whole new learning session. But to me, it is 'another' edition of a learning session.
I was asked to scrap the 'yet another' because it didn't gramatically make sense. So I thought I'd check in with you guys to see what you thought. Happy to see what everyone thinks
Please note: This is obviously not that serious, but I am quite curious nonetheless
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There is precedent for your idea. In the UNIX operating system, there is a piece of software called YACC - which stands for Yet Another Compiler Compiler. There were so many of these types of systems, that came before this one, that the name was a kind of joke, as in Oh, No, not another one!
- There is precedent for your idea.
- In the UNIX operating system, there is a piece of software called YACC - which stands for Yet Another Compiler Compiler.
- There were so many of these types of systems, that came before this one, that the name was a kind of joke, as in Oh, No, not another one!
- But this one survived, and became standard.
- " meaning that there are thousands of them to chose from, and this one is likely no better or worse than the others.
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There is precedent for your idea.
In the UNIX operating system, there is a piece of software called YACC - which stands for Yet Another Compiler Compiler.
There were so many of these types of systems, that came before this one, that the name was a kind of joke, as in Oh, No, not another one! But this one survived, and became standard.
Most computer-savvy people groan
In the UNIX operating system, there is a piece of software called YACC - which stands for Yet Another Compiler Compiler.
There were so many of these types of systems, that came before this one, that the name was a kind of joke, as in Oh, No, not another one! But this one survived, and became standard.
Most computer-savvy people groan
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I confess I am puzzled as to why anyone would object to yet another. It makes perfect sense to me.
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I think the main argument from my colleague was making...is that it's not 'another' learning session. But instead, it's a totally different edition....thus it's not 'another'.
What do you think about this?
What do you think about this?
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Anonymousit's a totally different edition....thus it's not 'another'.What do you think about this?I think that's precisely what 'another' means: a different one.
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You could use "Here's Another...", "Presenting Another...", "Offering Another..."
Yet another choice for you is "Just Another...."
All of these carry the same connotation - something additional to what you can find elsewhere.
Yet another choice for you is "Just Another...."
All of these carry the same connotation - something additional to what you can find elsewhere.
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I’d have to disagree. If you look at the definition of the word another – according to google it is the following
“Used to refer to an additional person or thing of the same type as one already mentioned or known about; one more; a further.”
So if that’s the case, then unless it was more of the same (i.e. a reoccurrence) another shouldn’t apply. The context of the reoccurr
“Used to refer to an additional person or thing of the same type as one already mentioned or known about; one more; a further.”
So if that’s the case, then unless it was more of the same (i.e. a reoccurrence) another shouldn’t apply. The context of the reoccurr
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Also, just in addition to the above if you refer to something that is cyclical in nature (e.g. a daily newspaper) you wouldn’t refer to each occurrence as “another”. However if a new daily paper was launched, you’d state “another” daily newspaper
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I disagree with the above 2 comments.
It is not important of the actual content, but more so about the entity.
Each entity is a 'learning session'...obviously each time the content would differ - but it is still another learning session.
To use the newspaper example, imagine if I walked through an office floor where there were multiple newspapers everywhere (and to clarify, t
It is not important of the actual content, but more so about the entity.
Each entity is a 'learning session'...obviously each time the content would differ - but it is still another learning session.
To use the newspaper example, imagine if I walked through an office floor where there were multiple newspapers everywhere (and to clarify, t
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I think the comment there actually justifies my interpretation… as you mentioned the comment “another” newspaper lying around, you are making a comment about the broader object or entity. In the same way you would refer to any other newspapers regardless of the publisher or edition.
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