區別限定詞

限定詞 other 和 another 指的是剩餘或其他的事。兩者都是放在名詞前,the other 則不混為一談,因為它的用法稍有不同。

Other 可數名詞複數以及所有不可數名詞
Another 可數名詞單數
The other 任何可以用定冠詞 「the」的名詞

other 的用法

other 可以放在 some、any、no 等限定詞後。

舉例
  • Do you have other shoes?
  • There are other jobs you could try.
  • Is there any other bread?
  • I have some other sugar we could use.
  • We have no other ideas.

當 other 前面是限定詞,而且後面接的是可數名詞複數形,當語境已經很清楚名詞為何物,則可直接省略不提。在這種情況下,other 會成為複數形 others。這種情形也會發生 other 單獨和可數名詞連用的時候,只是較不常見。

舉例
  • Do you have any others?
  • I know some others who might like to come.
  • There are no others in this box.
  • I know others like vanilla, but I prefer chocolate.
  • She doesn't have to wear that dress. She has others.

使用 another

another 與可數名詞單數形連用。至於不可數名詞,another 通常會接單數的測量詞。

舉例
  • Have another cookie.
  • Would you like another cup of tea?
  • He has another brother.
  • I don't have another car.
  • I'll come by another time.

使用 the other

當 the other 修飾的是可數名詞複數形時,而且語境已經很清楚名詞為何物,則可直接省略。在這種情況下,other 會成為複數形。

舉例
  • Where is the other box of cereal?
  • I work on the weekend and go to school on the other days of the week.
  • May I use the other honey for my recipe?
  • I enjoyed the first book but I didn't read the other books in the series.
  • Have you seen the others?
  • Jim ate two cookies. I ate the others.