In contrast another is positively pervasive I think it would be fair to say that the second has eclipsed the first to the point of making the first unacceptable, even though it is a grammatical string Both an and another are members of the category of determiners, while other, on the other hand, is an adjective Another = an + other Think of it as of an article plus the word other that have historically merged into one word Grammar requires some article before other book
Either the or a. depending on the context, you get either you need to buy the other book (if, for instance, the guy bought only the first book out of the set of two) or you need to buy an_other book. Is there a difference if i say the recipe varies from one cook to the other or the recipe varies from one cook to another? No other, answers a, but my stationer. here the expression, as baker remarks, seems strictly proper, the words no other having a reference to a But if the stationer had been the only visitor, he [the person speaking to b] should say, none but, or no other than the stationer called on me this morning. this is the opinion of baker. Perhaps, though, other equivalent phrases can highlight the difference in usage if you replace except for with with the exception of and other than with apart from then we have are there any vegetables with the exception of asparagus? which is clearly wrong So the two phrases have overlapping uses, but are not equivalent.
You can use something or other which is a usual way of representing Another method is one thing or another. No matter if the option contains one or several members, the term to use is other Firstly, this is the term most commonly used Also, the reason seems to be that the word 'other' here is not a noun but an adjective It does not refer to 'the other' but the set of 'other options'
As other is not a noun here, it cannot be pluralized. I have searched on the internet but the explanations are in chinese, which i can't understand What is the difference between these two (pairs of) sentences One is red, another is. According to this, as other is an adjective you must write two other places, the two other places In this ngram you can see that this order is prevalent
I wonder if some other means exactly the same as another in the following sentences Is there any difference between them There must be another explanation There must be some other
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