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Other\ the other\others
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What's the difference between these words? For example? one day he saw another ( or the other) dog?
What's the difference between these words? For example? one day he saw another ( or the other) dog?
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Let us say you take a certain path every day. There is one house where you always see a small dog, Fifi, in the window. One day you see Fifi, but there is a second dog there too.
- Let us say you take a certain path every day.
- There is one house where you always see a small dog, Fifi, in the window.
- One day you see Fifi, but there is a second dog there too.
- You don't know anything about this second dog.
- You saw Fifi and ANOTHER dog.
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Let us say you take a certain path every day.
There is one house where you always see a small dog, Fifi, in the window.
One day you see Fifi, but there is a second dog there too. You don't know anything about this second dog. You saw Fifi and ANOTHER dog.
There is another house where you see Fido in the yard. You know they own two dogs (exactly two dogs) because you ta
There is one house where you always see a small dog, Fifi, in the window.
One day you see Fifi, but there is a second dog there too. You don't know anything about this second dog. You saw Fifi and ANOTHER dog.
There is another house where you see Fido in the yard. You know they own two dogs (exactly two dogs) because you ta
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Grammar GeekThe other is used when there are two.Does it mean that "another" is used for mentioning something in general; and "the other " for something in particular .?
Another is used when there may be more than two, or the way we say "a" because we don't have any information about the second dog, even if there are only two.
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