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Winmanlai Posted 15 years ago
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What is the difference between one another and each other?

I wanna know what is difference between these...

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There's no actual difference anymore. In the old days each other was the more common of the two when the reference was to two people: Mary and John like each other. However, one another isn't wrong, either.

— Cool Breeze

  • There's no actual difference anymore.
  • In the old days each other was the more common of the two when the reference was to two people: Mary and John like each other.
  • However, one another isn't wrong, either.
  • Note the genitive: They don't know each other's / one another's names.
  • CB
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There's no actual difference anymore. In the old days each other was the more common of the two when the reference was to two people: Mary and John like each other. However, one another isn't wrong, either.

Note the genitive: They don't know each other's / one another's names.

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