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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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A temporary solution to the housing problem is to convert shipping containers into small rooms. They will be placed in parks and if the area is densely populated and limited land is available, we may stack the converted containers on top of each other and place a ladder for the second and the third floor guests. For ventilation, we'll cut open the side walls to make windows in the manner that a window of one container will not directly face a window of the adjacent container.

Is the above correct?
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A temporary solution to the housing problem is to convert shipping containers into small rooms. ), or that the stack of containers is one "house", and the upper floors are for people staying with the main occupiers. ].

— Mr Wordy

  • A temporary solution to the housing problem is to convert shipping containers into small rooms.
  • ), or that the stack of containers is one "house", and the upper floors are for people staying with the main occupiers.
  • ].
  • For ventilation, we'll cut open the side walls to make windows , in the manner that making sure that a window of one container will does not directly face a window of the adjacent container.
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A temporary solution to the housing problem is to convert shipping containers into small rooms. They will be placed in parks, and if the area is densely populated and limited land is available, we may stack the converted containers on top of each other one another and place a ladder for the second and the third floor guests ["guests" to me suggests either a hotel j
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Thank you, Mr. Wordy. I was told each other and one another are interchangeable and in fact, each other is almost always preferred. It seems like there's some difference that I've not been told. Could you help me understand it?
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To me, "each other" is usually used when there is a relationship between two things, and "one another" when there are more than two things. I don't know that I am always entirely consistent, but certainly, to me, "one another" reads better in your sentence. I'm surprised at the opinion that "each other is almost always preferred".

A Google search throws up some views on this. A few that
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I remember I mentioned that difference , maybe a year ago and was corrected that there's no such difference.

Let's try another example,

10 people in a meeting.

A: That meeting was ****. They yelled at each other throughout the meeting.

Does it mean only two people yelled?
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Unless the two people have previously been specifically mentioned, no. You can see that some of the references I gave say things like "each other is more common when there are only two items involved in the action" and "some maintain a distinction that..." In other words, this distinction is a preference that some people have, not a hard-and-fast rule.

For me, another reaso
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Strictly speaking, 'each other' is used in relation to two people. If more than two people are involved 'one another' is used. However, this rule is not strictly followed and even good writers use 'each other' in relation to more than two people.
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Mr WordyFor me, another reason for preferring "one another" here is that "each other" seems to have more of a sense of a reciprocal action
Great explanation.

Thanks, Yoong Liat and Mr. Wordy.
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