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    Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #121238: (The) other/ (the) others
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    (The) other/ (the) others


    1) ‘OTHER' :  = Indefinite adjective + noun (singular or plural) => like all adjectives, it remains in the singular.

    * 'Other' is used to refer to a person or a thing  which is different from the one already mentioned or known. 

    - Pete and Paul decided to watch their series on TV whereas the other boys went to play football outside.

    * When there are two elements'other' can represent the alternativethe second possibility.

    - He has two kids; one is a teacher, the other one is a doctor.

    *    Used as an adjective, with a number and a noun'other' precedes the number and behaves like an adjective. 

    - There were eight volunteer students to paint the wall, six were girls but the other two were boys.

     

     

                                                                          

    2) THE OTHER(S)= INDEFINITE PRONOUN :  (Replaces a noun and takes the characteristics of this noun.): it is preceded by a determiner. It takes the mark of the plural :

    'the other one' = singular => the others/ the other ones = plural

    - Some travellers were watching the video, the others/ the other ones were trying to sleep before the landing! 

     

    ANOTHER:  Indefinite adjectifve or pronoun , when it's used with an indefinite article'an + other' must be written in one word only = ANOTHER.

    - No, thank you. I don't want this cake... Can you give me another chocolate one, please?

       Please, NEVER write  *** an another...   as I have so often read in students' tests... 

     

                                                                       

     

    EVERY OTHER DAY:  'every other...' means 'not each one in a series', but every two' or ‘every second'. 

    Every other day of the week means, for example: on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 

     

    ON THE ONE HAND, ON THE OTHER HAND...: is an expression which is used when you are comparing two different facts or two opposite ways of thinking about a situation:

    - On the one hand, he's easy-going and pleasant, but on the other hand, he can be so jealous that he's very hard to live with!    

     

                                   

     



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