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Other vs another #1 (permalink) Tue Nov 29, 2005 18:43 pm   Other vs another
 

Hello

I would like to know if you can say:

I had a meeting with other person

or

I had a meeting with another person.

Are both correct? If so, what's the difference bewteen them?

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Other vs another #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 30, 2005 0:24 am   Other vs another
 

Other person needs an article-- either the other person or another person (the indefinite article an has been attached to other somewhere back in its history).

The articles work just as they do elsewhere:

The other person -- a specific or previously mentioned person.
Another person -- no specific person; a newly-mentioned person.
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