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Viceidol Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence correct?

There it goes:

I have two uncles, one in Chicago and another in Dallas.

My doubt is that shouldn't the pronoun "another" be replaced by "the other"?

Please give your opinions about this. Thanks a lot![<:o)]
  

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Hi Viceidol To me, 'another' is fine and balances well with the word 'one'. The word 'another' is used to mean 'one more'. You could also say 'one in Chicago and one in Dallas'.

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  • Hi Viceidol To me, 'another' is fine and balances well with the word 'one'.
  • The word 'another' is used to mean 'one more'.
  • You could also say 'one in Chicago and one in Dallas'.
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Hi Viceidol

To me, 'another' is fine and balances well with the word 'one'. The word 'another' is used to mean 'one more'.
You could also say 'one in Chicago and one in Dallas'.
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ViceidolThere it goes:

I have two uncles, one in Chicago and another in Dallas.

My doubt is that shouldn't the pronoun "another" be replaced by "the other"?

Please give your opinions about this. Thanks a lot![<:o)
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Philip I would use "the other". "Another" almost sounds like there migh be more uncles elsewhere.
I'd thought of that too, Philip. For some reason, though, 'another' only bothered me with this sort of wording:
I have two uncles: One lives in Chicago and the other (one) lives in Dallas.
Any thoughts on that?
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