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Fedoz7 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
why?
there is no other way?? .
Why did we use other not another here?
another + singular nonspecific countable noun
other + plural or uncountable nonspecific noun
Why did we use other not another here?
another + singular nonspecific countable noun
other + plural or uncountable nonspecific noun
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There is no other way = This is the only way. There is another way = This is not the only way. There is a different way.
- There is no other way = This is the only way.
- There is another way = This is not the only way.
- There is a different way.
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There is no other way = This is the only way.
There is another way = This is not the only way. There is a different way.
There is another way = This is not the only way. There is a different way.
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fedoz7That mean we can not sayThere is no another way ???It's passable if you punctuate it thus:
There is no "another way."
However, it would be used in a different context.
As for "There is no other way," you can think of "another" as "an + other." "No" takes the place of "an" in your sentence.
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fedoz7anotherThis word counts as "an" "other". Therefore it counts as having the determiner "an", which is like "one".
"no" is a different determiner with a different meaning. If you put them together you get a contradiction:
no another = "no" "an" "other" = "0" "1" "other".
You can't have both zero (0) and one (1) of the s
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