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  1. "An other" vs "another" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    The string an other is vanishingly rare in English. 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 …

  2. What's the difference between "another" and "other"?

    There's a formula: 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 …

  3. "Another" vs "other" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 31, 2016 · Other (other + plural or uncountable nonspecific noun) You can say: 'If I had another five dollars I could afford it.' - Five dollars is single unit of money. I have to admit that this answer lacked …

  4. "Each other" vs. "one another" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Nov 16, 2012 · This is an interesting usage note extracted from the "each other" page of Yahoo! Education (emphasis added). It answers your question. It is often maintained that each other should …

  5. "2 other" vs. "other 2" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 16, 2020 · 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. There is a very small minority …

  6. When is an event so old that the phrase "the other day" no longer ...

    May 11, 2015 · Whereas an other day, is like *"I'll see you another time" - it's always a future day. I think when you get old enough you can say things like "I still like Morecambe and Wise. I remember we …

  7. What are valid time-periods that can be used in the phrase "the other

    Looking at the Google NGram, of your list the other day is the only one of your list of phrases that appears at all, which is what I expected from my own recollection. Putting in the terms from Ste's list …

  8. No other . . . except - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    "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 …

  9. conjunctions - "One another" or "one and other" - English Language ...

    Oct 19, 2012 · I thought this might have already been asked, but apparently not. Is using the phrase "one another" considered equivalent to the phrase "one and other"? Is one of the two considered …

  10. grammaticality - Meaning of every other day/week - English Language ...

    The word other, in this case, is used to mean alternate. It is similar to saying "every odd week" or "every even week", only it doesn't matter what number week it is, it only matters that it's every second one.