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Another + One
Another can be placed before one when the meaning is clear from the text before
it.
I have already eaten two sandwiches though now I want another one. (= an
additional sandwich)
A: You can borrow more of these books if you like. B: Ok, Ill
take another one. (= another book, one more book)
Another as a pronoun
Sometimes another is used as a pronoun.
That piece of cake was tasty. I think Ill have another. (another = one more
piece of cake)
I dont like this room. Lets ask for another. (another = another room)
Note: you can also say: I think Ill have another one. and Lets ask for another
one.
Other + Ones
Other can be placed before the pronoun ones when the meaning is clear from the
text before it.
We dont need those books, we need other ones. (= different books)
A: You can borrow my books if you like. B: Thanks, but I need other ones. (=
other books)
Note: you can say other one when it refers to wanting the alternative.
I don't want this one, I want the other one.
Others as a pronoun
Others replaces other ones or "other + plural noun".
Only others can be used as a pronoun and not other.
I dont like these postcards. Lets ask for others. (others = other postcards)
Some of the presidents arrived on Monday. Others arrived the following day.
These shoes are too small. Do you have any other shoes?
These shoes are too small. Do you have any others? (no noun after others)
Other
Other means additional or extra, or alternative, or different types of.
Other as a determiner
We can use other with singular uncountable nouns and with plural nouns:
The embassy website has general information about visas. Other travel information
can be obtained by calling the freephone number. (additional or extra information)
Some music calms people; other music has the opposite effect. (different types of
music)
What other books by Charles Dickens have you read, apart from Oliver
Twist? (additional or extra books)
This ones too big. Do you have it in other sizes? (alternative sizes)
If we use other before a singular countable noun, we must use another determiner
before it:
I dont like the red one. I prefer the other colour.
Not: I prefer other colour.
Jeremy is at university; our other son is still at school.
He got 100% in the final examination. No other student has ever achieved that.
Theres one other thing we need to discuss before we finish.
Warning:
Other as a determiner does not have a plural form:
Mandy and Charlotte stayed behind. The other girls went home.
Not: The others girls
See also:
Other as a pronoun
We can use other as a pronoun. As a pronoun, other has a plural form,others:
We have to solve this problem, more than any other, today.
Ill attach two photos to this email and Ill send others tomorrow.
The other
The other as a determiner
The other with a singular noun means the second of two things or people, or the
opposite of a set of two:
This computer here is new. The other computer is about five years old.
A:
Dyou know the Indian restaurant in Palmer Street?
B:
Yes.
A:
Well, the gift shop is on the other side of the street, directly opposite. (the opposite
side)
The other with a plural noun means the remaining people or things in a group or set:
Joel and Karen are here, but where are the other kids? (the remaining people in a
group)
Where are the other two dinner plates? I can only find four. (the remaining things in
a set here six plates)
He had his hat in one hand and a bunch of flowers in the other.
She has two kittens, one is black and the other is all white.
Another
When we use the indefinite article an before other, we write it as one
word: another. Another means one more or an additional or extra, or an alternative
or different.
Another as a determiner
We use another with singular nouns:
Would you like another cup of coffee?
Youve met Linda, but I have another sister who you havent met, called Margaret.
I dont like this place. Is there another caf around here we could go to?(alternative
or different)
Another as a pronoun
We can use another as a pronoun:
The applications are examined by one committee, then passed on toanother.
When other as a pronoun refers to more than one person or thing, it takes the
plural form, others:
Some scientists think we should reduce the number of flights to prevent global
warming; others disagree.
Not: other disagree.