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Fadysandy Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Other & another

What is the difference between them?
  

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" Another is not plural. I'll have another cookie, please. ) I don't like the school I'm in.

  • " Another is not plural.
  • I'll have another cookie, please.
  • ) I don't like the school I'm in.
  • I'd like to go to another school.
  • "Other" means "not this one," or "not these" (plural) They are a strange pair.
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Hi Fadysandy:
"Another" often means "one more," or a "different one." Another is not plural.

I'll have another cookie, please. (I want one more cookie.)
I don't like the school I'm in. I'd like to go to another school.

"Other" means "not this one," or "not these" (plural)

They are a strange pair. One always says "Hello", and the other says "Goo

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