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0I'd say it's strictly a conversational ploy to stress that you're too lazy to specify exactly what restaurant you're talking about, but you hope the people you're addressing will know which one you mean.02br
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0Hi Avangi,02br
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00I'm not lazy at all .I did try my best to understand the phrase 01b00not half as02b00 by looking at the examples given by the dictionary , unfortunately I still don't understand exactly what it means. The sentence I ask you about is taken from my advanced Cambridge dictionary, not mine . My dictionary says "01b00not hal

0Here. There. 02br
00Restaurant A. Restaurant B.02br
00Here: This restaurant. There: That restaurant.02br
00Here: This restaurant. There: The other restaurant. 02br
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0010. Half of 10 = 5.02br
0020. Half of 20 = 10.02br
0050. Half of 50 = 25.02br
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0Oh, (sigh), how do I get into these situations? I didn't say you were lazy.02br
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00You never asked about "01b00not half as02b00."! You asked why they use the expression "01b00that02b00 restaurant." My answer was that it's used in conversation when you can't explain yourself. "01b00You02b00 know -

0Thank you Avangi very much,I understand the phrase "not half as" now , but I am still confused about why THAT can be used before OTHER . It's sounds strange to me . I 've ever heard "01b00The other02b00 restaurant ..." I 've never heard "01b00that other02b00 restaurant " .02br
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00By the way , please check that my sentences be

0The first sentence is OK. The second one seems vague. What do you want to compare when talking about these two restaurant. Add that and your sentence may be clearer.02br
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00About the sentence in your first question, THAT is a demonstrative pronounce; to put it in the context, those who are involved in the conversation will know together which restaurant the speaker wants

0"That other" is a common form of words; there's nothing strange about it. Generally speaking, and in my opinion:02br
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00"The other" is more likely to be used when there are only two possibilities in the frame, and the context has eliminated one. "The other" is then the other one.02br
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00"That other" is more likely to be used when there are many po

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01cite10Mr Wordy12cite10subtleties that I can't bring to mind offhand.12blockquote

10(Is that a mixed metaphor?) 02br
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00Thanks, Mr Wordy. That's what I was trying to say. - A.0-

0I'd like to say thank you to Mr. Wordy too 050010id1

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11cite20Mr Wordy22cite20subtleties that I can't bring to mind offhand.22blockquote

20(Is that a mixed metaphor?) 12br
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00Hmm... ! 02br
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00Even better: "subtleties