‘OTHER / ANOTHER’

PRONOUN ADJECTIVE
singular plural singular plural
definite the other the others the other day the other days
indefinite another others another day other days

1. Cuando ‘other’ funciona como adjetivo, al igual que todos los adjetivos sin excepción, no
varía su forma. Solo admite la forma plural cuando actúa como pronombre.

Where are the other photos?.

Please, tell the others that I’ll be late.

2. La forma ‘another’ es el resultado de añadir a ‘other’ el artículo indeterminado ‘a’ (en este
caso ‘an’, por comenzar la palabra siguiente por vocal).

Another = an + other.

Cuando hablemos de otro indeterminado, habremos de utilizar esta forma.

Ejemplo: I don’t like this shirt. Show me another. (No me gusta esta camisa.
Enséñame otra (=otra cualquiera).
Al no existir el plural del artículo indeterminado, en plural se utiliza igualmente ‘others’ o
‘other’.

3. La expresión one another es semejante a each other.

They didn’t dare to look at one another / each other. (No se atrevían a mirarse el uno
al otro).

Ejercicios.
Completa los huecos con la forma correcta.
1. I’ve got ..................things to think about.
2. People in the past avoided making physical contact with .........................person more than
today.
3. I’ve come all by myself. ........................didn’t want to come. They were tired, they said.
4. I had to wait ........................ week until I was allowed to leave the country.
5. Neither tomorrow, nor Friday, nor any ..................... day.
6. He and two ..................... were given the grant.
7. He took his woollen scarf from one nail and his cap from ........................... .
8. Professor Barry, among......................, has drawn attention to this problem.
9. I want a tin of pink paint and ...................... of brown.
10. You can hear voices of .................... times in that old movie.
11. We’ll get there one way or .......................... .
12. Results in ..................... countries are impressive, while we seem to lag behind.
13. While some were enthusiastic, ............................were skeptical about the project.
14. Many sites are near rivers. ........................ are close to main roads.
15. They sat for two hours without talking to one ............................... .
16. He needed solitude and sat away from the ........................ .
17. He had his papers in one hand, his hat in the .......................... .
18. Whenever he saw something unpleasant, he looked the ................... way.
19. I don’t care what ...................... people may think.
20. She had two daughters, one a baby, ............................ a girl of twelve.
21. They made it a crime to marry a person of .......................... race.