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ANOTHER OR OTHER I’ve just read an article called “How to stop confusing Another and Other”, hoping to understand at last these two adverbs. Well, although I didn’t know things as when you have a list of four items the first is “the one”, the follow items until the last would be “another”, and the last one, it would be “the other”. I used to think these words don’t have many problems to me, but after to read the article I’m so confused! Please, I want to know one thing clear; when I want to say that I need something exactly the same, Have I use “another” or “other”?, Because on the article said in a paragraph this; when the second thing is just one more of the same thing, it is another, in the next paragraph; When the second thing you want to get is different from the first one, it is the other thing. And in the last paragraph said; One more or [a] different thing: this is another. At first, I understood that I have to say “other” when the items doesn’t the same and “another” when the items are exactly the same, but with these sentences I doubt so much. If someone is so kind to give me the solution I’ll be very grateful.

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ANOTHER OR OTHER

I’ve just read an article called “How to stop confusing Another and Other”, hoping to understand at last these two adverbs. Well, although I didn’t know things as  whether when you have a list of four items the first is “the one”, the follow items until the last would be “another”, and the last one, it would be “the other” (no the one, the other for two items., no the one, another,another, ...,another and another) . I used to think these words don’t have many problems to for me, (maybe don't cause many problems for me) but after to having read the article I’m so confused! Please, I want to know one thing clearly; when I want to say that I need something exactly the same, Hav can I use “another” or “other”?, Because on  in the article it  said in a paragraph this:; when the second thing is just one more of the same thing, it is another, in the next paragraph; When the second thing you want to get is different from the first one, it is the other thing. And in the last paragraph said; One more or [a] different thing: this is another.
At first, I understood that I have to say “other” when the items doesn’t the same and “another” when the items are exactly the same, but with these sentences I doubt so much. If someone is so kind to give me the solution I’ll be very grateful.

I believe you understood it correctly: another mean the same item; other mean a different item.  Nice Job


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Thank you Tam Tran!
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Tam: Vanessa, I've bought two ice lollies, strawberry and mango. You choose one, and I'll take the *other*. Van: But I don't like either of them... Can't you get me *another* flavour? Tam: Alright, I'll buy you another. Hope this example helps. The bottom line is the word OTHER, and then people just add "the" and "an" before it, so you can apply what you know about "the" and "an" to "the other" and "an-other", note that there is also "others" and they can be a pronoun or a determiner. Anyway, when reading through articles on the internet, it's good practice to take them with a grain of salt (be a little skeptical, keep questioning). Here's another helpful link: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/other-others-the-other-or-another

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