Senin, 09 November 2009

Another and Other

Diposting oleh Mega di 19.12

With count nouns :
an + other + singular noun (one more)

  • another pencil -> one more pencil
the + other + singular nouns (last of the set)

  • the other pencil -> the last pencil present
other + plural noun (more of the set)

  • other pencil -> some more pencil
the other + plural noun (the rest of the set)

  • the other pencil -> all remaining pencil
With non count nouns :
other + noun . count nouns (more of the set)

  • other water -> some more water
the other + noun . count nouns (all the rest)

  • the other water -> the remaining water

Exercises :

  1. This pen isn't working, please gave me another (singular).
  2. If you're still thirsty, i'll make the other pot of coffee.
  3. This dictionary have a page missing. Please give me the other one (the last one).
  4. He doesn't need those books. He needs the other (all the remaining).
  5. There are thirty people in the room. Twenty are from Latin America and the other are from other countries.
  6. Six people where in the store. Two were buying meat, the other was looking at magazines.
  7. This glass of milks is sour. Another glass of milk is sour too.
  8. The army was practicing its drills. One group was doing artillery practise, other was marching, another was at attention, and the other was practicing combat tactics.
  9. There are seven student from Japan. Other are from Iran and the other are from other places.
  10. We looked at four cars today. The first two were far too expensive, but the other ones were reasonably priced.
Note : Another and other are non specific while the other is specific. If the subset is understood, one can omit the noun and keep determiner and other. So that other functions as a pronoun. if it is a plural count noun that is omitted, other becomes others. The word other can never be plural if it is followed by a noun.

 

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