Some girls work hard, but the other girls don't.

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Viceidol

#458674 Mon, 31 Dec 07 02:25 AM

"Some girls work hard, but the others don't." Can I rewrite this sentence as "Some girls work hard, but the other girls don't."?

Thank you for your reply!

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CalifJim

#458676 Mon, 31 Dec 07 02:30 AM

Yes. That's exactly what others means. Smile [:)]

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Viceidol

#458683 Mon, 31 Dec 07 03:09 AM

Thank you! May I ask another question?

In this sentence "Some habits are good, other habits are bad.", there's no conjunction between the two sentences. My grammar book says this is OK because "and in sentence like this can be left out".

Is what the book said is true? Thank you!

Viceidol

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Clive

#458714 Mon, 31 Dec 07 05:16 AM

Hi,

"Some girls work hard, but the others don't." Can I rewrite this sentence as "Some girls work hard, but the other girls don't."?

You should decide if you want to speak generally about all girls, or about a specific group of girls. I would suggest

either "Some girls work hard, but others don't."

or "Some of the girls work hard, but the others don't."

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

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CalifJim

#458719 Mon, 31 Dec 07 05:25 AM

Some habits are good, other habits are bad is generally considered a "comma splice" - a fault in punctuation. It is usually recommended that a semi-colon be used instead of a comma in these cases.

Some habits are good; other habits are bad.

CJ