Use another and when other

[Alba]

Business English Courses, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #67 "Business dialogue on the phone", question 5

Bob: If another call comes in while I'm on the phone, should I put my wife on ......... and take it?

(a) wait
(b) hold
(c) hope
(d) the side

Business English Courses, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #67 "Business dialogue on the phone", answer 5

Bob: If another call comes in while I'm on the phone, should I put my wife on hold and take it?

Correct answer: (b) hold

Your answer was: correct
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It is not a question on the answer, but I have a doubt when you use another and when other.
Bob: if another...

Alba

[Fan Of Arabian Horses]

Hi Alba!

I think the error here is that another is written as one word. If you seperate it to an (article) other (pronoun) I think it would be correct. The same discussion we have at the forum "What do you want to talk about?" and here the topic "Are you afraid of making decisions" actually.

Michael

[Blacksnake]

please, first of all, let me know if I'm mistaken but since I was a child I learned by heart that Another is used with singular nouns and other with singular or plural. Am I mistaken?

Thanks...

[Fan Of Arabian Horses]

Hi blacksnake!

In my mind another and an other have different meanings! Please let me give you my an example about my experience:

Michael and Spencer help another/each other learning English! Michael helps Spencer and Spencer helps Michael

Now they feel proficient in English! So they try to help an other! Now they are arrogant and try to help any else English learner!

And if Michael isn?t right here I think there comes an English proficient and kick him in his a.......

Michael

[Alan]

Hi Michael,

You wrote:

[Yankee]

[Saneta]

put my wife on hold= keep my wife waiting?
thanks.