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 PRACTICE ON POINTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

• Article Summary
• Article Diagnostic
• A-unspecific
• A-specific
• A / An
• All/ The-class
• The-class/ A-unspec
• All/ The-specfic
• The-Earlier Mention
• The-Included Parts
• The-Later Mention
• The-Shared Knowl
• A-Nationality
• The–Group
• The-Landmarks
• The-Geography
• The-Countries
• Most / Most of the
• Another/ The other
• 2nd Mention Prac
• Identifying Nouns
• Article Expressions
• The-Superlatives
• Known or New?
• Speaking in General
• Art Paragr Edit
• Article Context
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• Another / Other
• Common Mistakes
• Any v. Any other
• Practice 1
• Practice 2

Another/ The other

Referring to one more or the rest

 

 

 

 

Another (count) v. Other (noncount)

ANOTHER / THE OTHERS	SOME MORE / THE REST
Use one, another and the others to refer to at least three count nouns. A pronoun can take the place of the noun if both speaker and listener know which noun the pronoun refers to.	Use some, some more and the rest to refer to a noncount noun.
MULTIPLE ITEMS My sister made some cookies. My sister made some.  (pronoun)	NONCOUNT ITEM My sister poured some milk. My sister poured some.   (pronoun)
My sister ate a cookie. She ate one.  (pronoun)	She drank some milk.  (a little) She drank some.   (pronoun)
Then she ate another cookie.  (one more) Then she ate another.  (pronoun)	She drank some more milk.    (a little more) She drank some more.    (pronoun + pronoun)
Then she ate the other cookies.  (the rest) Then she ate the others.  (pronoun – plural)	She drank the rest of the milk. She drank the rest.   (pronoun)
TWO ITEMS There are two cookies on the plate. You can have one cookie. You can have one.    (pronoun)	There is some milk in this glass. You can have some / half (of) the milk. You can have some.   (noncount) You can have (a) half.   (a countable pronoun quantifier)
I'll take the other cookie. I'll take the other.    (pronoun – singular)	I'll drink the rest of the milk.    (a little more) I'll drink the rest.   (noncount) I'll drink the other half.   (a countable pronoun quantifier)
	Related page: Half a

 

 

 

Common Mistake

ERROR	FIX
*I have two brothers.  One is an engineer. Another is a teacher.  (requires at least three items)	The other is a teacher.
I liked "True Grit".  *The others movies weren't as good.	I liked "True Grit". The other movies weren't as good. I liked the movie "True Grit".  The others weren't as good.
*Can you answer my another question?	Can you answer my other question. Can you answer another question. Do not use a possessive pronoun with an article.  Use one or the other.

*Yellow highlighted words are examples of incorrect usage.

 

 

 

Any Other

Setting an item apart in a comparison

 

Any vs. Any other

ANY	ANY OTHER
Use any to compare two different items.  Each item must be unique.	Use any other to compare two items of the same kind. Any other sets one item apart from others in its own group.
This cookie is better than any cupcake.	This cookie is better than any other cookie. (of its kind/ in the competition)
*This cookie is better than any cookie.  A comparison requires the items to be unique.	This chocolate chip cookie is better than any other chocolate chip cookie.
Jack is taller than any student in my school.  Jack attends a different school from mine.	Jack is taller than any other student in his school.
Jack and I are taller than any student in our school.  A comparison is singular *Jack and I are taller than any students in our school. Plural sounds awkward. Jack and I are taller than any of the students in our school.	Jack and I are taller than any other student in our school. *Jack and I are taller than any other students in our school.  Jack and I are taller than any of the other students in our school.

*Yellow highlighted words are examples of incorrect usage.

 

 

 

Practice 1

Quadruplets

 

 

1. Select the word from each menu that best completes the sentence. 
2. Compare your response to the answer by clicking the "check" button to the right. 

#	YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK YOUR ANSWER
1.	- One Another The other The others baby is wearing a green hat.
2.	- One Another The other The others baby is wearing a yellow hat.
3.	- One Another The other The others are wearing white hats.
4.	- One Another The other The others baby is asleep.
5.	- One Another The other The others are awake.

 

 

 

Practice 2

Two

 

1. Select the word from each menu that best completes the sentence. 
2. Compare your response to the answer by clicking the "check" button to the right. 

 

#	YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK YOUR ANSWER
6.	I have two friends. - One Another The other The others likes to gossip.  gossip (v.) – to talk about other people's behavior and private lives
7.	- One Another The other The others likes to hear it.
8.	I have two cousins. - One Another The other The others is six-years-old.
9.	- One Another The other The others is three-years-old.
10.	I saw two movies. I liked - one another the other the others .
11.	I didn't like - one another the other the others .