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B H Akash Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Use of other

Use of other ( From Cliffs Toefl page:53)

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"If the subject is understood one can omit the noun and keep the determiner and other so that other functions as a pronoun. if it is plural count now that is omitted, other becomes others."

  

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If the subject is understood, one can omit the noun and keep the determiner and other so that other functions as a pronoun. g. 1.

  • If the subject is understood, one can omit the noun and keep the determiner and other so that other functions as a pronoun.
  • g.
  • 1.
  • There is a large green ball and a small red ball.
  • John picks up the green ball and hands it to me.
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If the subject is understood, one can omit the noun and keep the determiner and other so that other functions as a pronoun.


e.g.

1. There is a large green ball and a small red ball.

John picks up the green ball and hands it to me.

Me: John, I don't want that ball. Give me the other ball.

Me: John, I don't want that ball. Give me the other

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B H Akash"If the subject is understood one can omit the noun and keep the determiner and other so that other functions as a pronoun. if it is plural count now that is omitted, other becomes others."

Whew! What a complicated way of saying it.

One man is tall, and the other man is short.

The second use of man is so obv

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