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Ardy Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"How to distinguish them??"

Hello all..
could you please help me ,how to distinguish :
-ANOTHER
-OTHER
-ANY OTHER
-SOME OTHER
-THE OTHER
ok.really thanks for your reply...hope it quite helpful!
regards,
Ardy-Indonesia
  

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This question is too broad to be dealt with in detail here so I'll just give a couple of pointers. other , when used without "the", is always used before a plural noun. (other people, other things etc) other is sometimes used before a singular noun but then it requires 'the'.

— Ivanhr

  • This question is too broad to be dealt with in detail here so I'll just give a couple of pointers.
  • other , when used without "the", is always used before a plural noun.
  • (other people, other things etc) other is sometimes used before a singular noun but then it requires 'the'.
  • (the other man, the other car etc).
  • another is always used before a singular, countable noun.
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This question is too broad to be dealt with in detail here so I'll just give a couple of pointers.

other , when used without "the", is always used before a plural noun. (other people, other things etc)

other is sometimes used before a singular noun but then it requires 'the'. (the other man, the other car etc).

another is alway
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thank you very much IVANHR..
good explaination!?

and ,could you explain to me about :
-THE OTHER ONE
-THE ANOTHER ONE.
-THE OTHER

really thanks for your reply!

ardy-indonesia
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Ardyhow to distinguish :
-ANOTHER
-OTHER
-ANY OTHER
-SOME OTHER
-THE OTHER
You cannot understand the differences among these until you understand the meanings and uses of the, a, an, any, and some. The word other has little to do with it. You can substitute different and have practically the same meanings, and
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