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Difference between other and another Thu Jan 12, 2006 22:58 pm  Difference between other and another
 

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #74 "other/another/others/the others", question 1

There are ten pieces of fruit in my basket. One is an orange, one is a grape and ......... is an apple.

(a) others
(b) the other
(c) another
(d) the others

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #74 "other/another/others/the others", answer 1

There are ten pieces of fruit in my basket. One is an orange, one is a grape and another is an apple.

Correct answer: (c) another

Your answer was: incorrect
There are ten pieces of fruit in my basket. One is an orange, one is a grape and the other is an apple.
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what is the difference between other and another in this sentence? thanks in advance.
kathy
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Difference between other and another Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:38 am  Difference between other and another
 

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There are ten pieces of fruit in my basket. One is an orange, one is a grape and the other is an apple.

And my question would be: Isn't the phrase 'the other' in the second sentence implying that there are only three pieces of fruit in the basket, not ten. It sounds like the end of the list to me.

Thanks in advance.
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Difference between other and another Fri Jan 13, 2006 23:40 pm  Difference between other and another
 

Dear Kathy,
Like Conchita pointed out already, in that sentence "the other" implies that there were only three fruits, not ten. "Another" implies that out of the varieties of pieces of fruit, one of them was an apple.If you say another in that sentence, there is an understanding that there are other fruits in that basket.

Now the difference bettwen "another" and "other" (notice, not "the other") is....
Another: A other or AN other part. usually, when you need to say A or AN before OTHER, you say another.
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Illogical sequence in number 1 Thu Apr 13, 2006 17:13 pm  Illogical sequence in number 1
 

Unfortunately, this is an example of a poor and illogical sequence that even a native speaker would have difficulty comprehending.

To first say, “There are ten pieces of fruit...” and then say, “One is an orange, one is a grape.....” would imply that the rest were apples because we are talking about pieces of fruit. Therefore, the second sentence should logically read, “One is an orange, one is a grape and ......... ARE apples,” in which case the answer would be “the others,” because we mean the remaining eight, which are the apples.

If we are speaking of varieties, then the first sentence needs to be changed to read, “There are three fruits,” or “There are three varieties of fruit....”
I suggest that question number 1 either be revised or omitted from this test.
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Illogical sequence in number 1 Thu Apr 13, 2006 18:10 pm  Illogical sequence in number 1
 

EJW wrote:
Unfortunately, this is an example of a poor and illogical sequence that even a native speaker would have difficulty comprehending.

To first say, “There are ten pieces of fruit...” and then say, “One is an orange, one is a grape.....” would imply that the rest were apples because we are talking about pieces of fruit. Therefore, the second sentence should logically read, “One is an orange, one is a grape and ......... ARE apples,” in which case the answer would be “the others,” because we mean the remaining eight, which are the apples.

If we are speaking of varieties, then the first sentence needs to be changed to read, “There are three fruits,” or “There are three varieties of fruit....”
I suggest that question number 1 either be revised or omitted from this test.

And what if we don't want to disclose what the other seven pieces of fruit are? Or only want to enumerate three of them? And why should the rest necessarily be apples?
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