Hello, my dear friends! Welcome to Series English!
Today we are going to discuss a very confusing issue
in the English language and it is going to be connected
with the difference between 'other' and 'another'.
There are also cases, when we are supposed
to say 'the other' or we can say 'the others'.
And in some situations we can't.
Let's take 'other' first.
So 'other', it can be a determiner or a pronoun.
So a determiner, what is that?
It's a little word, which determines more or less
what kind of a person,
what kind of an object we are dealing with.
For example, this can be an article - 'the', 'a'.
This can be a possessive pronoun - 'my', 'his', 'her'...
It can be a demonstrative pronoun - 'this', 'that'....
It can be some other additional groups of words
like 'some', 'any', 'few', 'a few', numbers and so on.
So the word 'other' can also be a determiner,
so it can go before a noun.
'Other' is used with uncountable nouns singular
and plural nouns. I mean other alone
with nothing else we can use it just like that.
For instance, 'For other information, please,
contact us at www.antoniaromaker.com
So 'other information', an uncountable noun 'information'.
Or 'Have you read other books by Erika James?
I mean apart from Fifty Shades series.
BTW are there any? Not so sure...
Anyway, yeah, so here 'other books',
'books' is a plural noun.
So 'other' alone can be used with uncountable singular nouns
and plural nouns. However,
when you use 'other' as a determiner
with a singular countable noun
there should be another determiner included.
It can be an article, a possessive, a number,
a demonstrative, so something like this.
For example, you might ask:
'Have you read any other book by Erika James
apart from Fifty Shades series?'
So 'have you read any other book',
if we say 'book' in singular,
it is countable, we should say 'any other book'.
We can't say: 'Have you read other book by Erika James?'
So there should be another determiner included here.
Be careful, it's important.
As a determiner by the way 'other' can never be used in plural.
So we can't say: 'Have you read any others books...?'
No, we say simply 'other books', no 'others' as a determiner.
By the way when we use 'the other',
so the definite article with 'other',
'the other book', for instance,
we mean the second of two objects or people mentioned before.
Or the opposite of a set of two.
So let me give you a couple of examples.
There is a kind of term 'the other woman' in English.
The other woman is a lover of a married man
or relatively taken man, if I may put it like this.
So let's imagine that a man is in a relationship,
and then there is the other woman, so the second one of two.
The first one would be a legally approved woman for this man -
his wife or his girlfriend, and the other woman would be
the one who he is cheating with.
...I can explain!
So if Edie doesn't know, then that means that you just cheated on her... with me!
You made me the other woman!
Or you might also say
that something is located on the other side of the road.
So there's this side, where you are situated
and there's the other side, the second of two mentioned.
Or you can ask:
OK I see two kids, where are the other three?
So here we are talking about groups, so the other group.
So here we have two and where are the other three?
There are five kids, there should be five kids!
Where are the other three... kids.
So OK, now, the second function of 'other' is a pronoun.
So when it is used alone, without a noun,
when we do not need to add this noun.
The meaning is basically the same,
and BTW 'other' as a pronoun can be used in plural.
So we may say 'others'.
Hmm... I like this song more than any others.
So here 'others', plural, 'other songs' I mean,
If I say 'other songs', I say 'other',
if I say just 'others', here I can used plural.
And by the way when I actually listened carefully to the text,
Willst du mit mir Drogen nehmen?
I was a little bit shocked, because it's about drugs.
Another example, here are two little cookies, fishes.
So I'm going to eat this and you take the other.
And by the way, speaking about 'the other',
using a definite article with 'other', as a pronoun,
the logic is the same here, just no noun.
So take the other.
So I have eaten one and you take the other.
It's quite understandable which one - the second of two mentioned.
OK, now let's move to 'another'.
Here the logic is quite see-through.
So it's quite obvious, because we have
an indefinite article 'an' plus 'other' - 'another'.
Like it is 'other', but it's not important which one.
It's indefinite. So some other,
it doesn't matter which one exactly.
So it's additional, extra, one more.
Another can be also an... a determiner
and a pronoun. 'Would you like another cup of tea?'
Is it a pronoun here or a determiner?
It's a determiner, because it goes before a noun - 'another cup'.
Or like... 'would you like another one?' 'Would you like another?'
I mean a cup of tea, we know that.
One more, additional, extra.
And I just do not mention the noun,
in this case 'another' is a pronoun.
So 'another' is used as a determiner
with singular countable nouns.
It's never used with plural.
So when you need to use plural,
you should substitute is with 'other'.
Be careful about that. Now very quickly let's scan mistakes,
which you might make in connection with these words.
First of all, when 'other' is a determiner,
so it goes before a noun,
it can never be used in plural form.
So we can never say 'others' plus a noun.
So 'other books', 'other people', 'other rules'.
Never say 'others rules', be careful!
Now, the second mistake.
When you talk about many people, many things
and you want to use 'other' as a pronoun,
here you should add the ending 's'.
So do not say:
I've sent you most of the pictures today
and I'm going to send you other later.'
No, 'other pictures' you mean, so 'others', plural.
Because you think about many things, and other is a pronoun.
You can say 'other pictures', 'other photos',
then it's OK. If photos or pictures, the noun, has a plural ending,
then 'other' should not have a plural ending.
But if you use just other as a pronoun,
no noun, you take away 'pictures' or 'photos',
you should say 'others'.
The third common mistake:
when you use 'other' with singular countable nouns,
you should use another determiner.
'Any other paper', 'the other daughter',
'some other friend' and so on.
So when you use 'other' with countable singular,
use another determiner: article, possessive, demonstrative, a number.
And if a noun is indefinite, use 'another'
with singular countable nouns.
'Another cup of tea', 'would you like another piece of cake?'
Or 'I would like to have... to find another friend,
because... for some reason... I have no idea.
And the last one - 'another' is never used with plural nouns.
Remember it forever!
So these are four... five common mistakes,
made in connection with these two words - 'other' and 'another'.
Be careful! Now, at the end of this class you will have a very short exercise.
Practice, so change the sentences, correct the sentences where necessary.
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