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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Other vs another

Could someone kindly explain to me the main difference between those two adjectives, please? Emotion: smile

  

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another = an + other , so 'another' always applies only to one item. another day, another dollar, another guy, another thing another can mean a different one or one more . It's only used with countable nouns because it contains 'an'.

  • another = an + other , so 'another' always applies only to one item.
  • another day, another dollar, another guy, another thing another can mean a different one or one more .
  • It's only used with countable nouns because it contains 'an'.
  • This knife is dirty.
  • Can I have another one?
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another = an + other, so 'another' always applies only to one item.

another day, another dollar, another guy, another thing

another can mean a different one or one more. It's only used with countable nouns because it contains 'an'.

This knife is dirty.  Can I have another one?  (Can I have a different knife?)
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