Anonymous  +  925145 Fri, 02 Oct 09 04:35 PM Good evening!!! What's the difference between these words? For example? one day he saw another ( or the other) dog? Anonymous Difference Between

	Grammar Geek  +  925163 Fri, 02 Oct 09 04:47 PM Let us say you take a certain path every day.   There is one house where you always see a small dog, Fifi, in the window. One day you see Fifi, but there is a second dog there too. You don't know anything about this second dog. You saw Fifi and ANOTHER dog.   There is another house where you see Fido in the yard. You know they own two dogs (exactly two dogs) because you talk to the people who live there sometimes. Then one day, there is Fido, and there is a second dog. You know they only have two dogs, so you see Fido and THE OTHER dog.   The other is used when there are two. Another is used when there may be more than two, or the way we say "a" because we don't have any information about the second dog, even if there are only two.     Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,660 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Soka  +  925190 Fri, 02 Oct 09 05:15 PM Grammar Geek “ The other is used when there are two. Another is used when there may be more than two, or the way we say "a" because we don't have any information about the second dog, even if there are only two. ” Does it mean that "another" is used for mentioning something in general; and "the other " for something in particular .? Soka Joined on Mon, Dec 10 2007 Full Member 186 The Lord prefers common-looking people.That is why he makes so many of them.

	Grammar Geek  +  926985 Sat, 03 Oct 09 11:01 PM The other is when there are only two.   Grammar Geek