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

    7 Historically, another and an other are simply two ways to write the same thing, and those dictionaries that are extensive in their example quotations may include an other as an example …

  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 …

  3. Each other’s nose or each other’s noses? - English Language

    Jun 7, 2023 · Since “each other’s” basically means “ (mutually) the other person’s”, and we wouldn’t say “the other person’s faces” (unless the other person is two-faced), it makes more …

  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 …

  5. grammar - Something or other vs something or another? - English ...

    Feb 16, 2014 · 0 Both are grammatically correct. You can use Something or other which is a usual way of representing. Another method is One thing or another.

  6. 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 …

  7. grammaticality - Meaning of every other day/week - English …

    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 …

  8. "except for" vs "other than" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    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 …

  9. "The other way around" or "the other way round"

    Apr 9, 2012 · I see both phrases the other way around and the other way round very often. Which is correct? Please provide usage examples.

  10. When did "other" become a verb? - English Language & Usage …

    Aug 30, 2022 · Other, one of the most common adjectives and pronouns, as verb means: : to treat or consider (a person or a group of people) as alien to oneself or one's group (as because of …