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Hi there, Can anyone please tell me the difference between "no" and "no other" in the following sentences? Are they both correct? In speaking, I have seen both are used.
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"No" vs "No other"
Hi there, Can anyone please tell me the difference between "no" and "no other" in the following sentences? Are they both correct? In speaking, I have seen both are used. - No student in the class is as strong as Alice is.
- No other student in the class is as strong as Alice is.
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Strictly speaking the version with "other" is more logically correct, but in normal use this would not be noticed and they would be treated as meaning the same. Probably I would omit the word "is" at the end.
- Strictly speaking the version with "other" is more logically correct, but in normal use this would not be noticed and they would be treated as meaning the same.
- Probably I would omit the word "is" at the end.
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Strictly speaking the version with "other" is more logically correct, but in normal use this would not be noticed and they would be treated as meaning the same. Probably I would omit the word "is" at the end.
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