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One after another vs. one after the other



 
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One after another vs. one after the other #1 (permalink) Sat May 27, 2006 4:51 am   One after another vs. one after the other
 

Hi great teacher!!

i'm still not clear of the different use of

one after another
one after the other
one after the others

thanks in advance

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One after the other/one after another #2 (permalink) Sat May 27, 2006 20:40 pm   One after the other/one after another
 

One after the other and one after another, both mean 'one following another', 'one at a time', 'one by one':
the passengers got off the plane one after the other.

I'm afraid one after the others, as an isolated phrase, doesn't make any sense to me. But then you could use the words in a sentence such as: "One person left after the others". It wouldn't mean that they left one by one, though, but rather that everybody left more or less as the same time or together, except one person, who left later.
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Thanks Conchita! but #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:11 am   Thanks Conchita! but
 

Thanks Conchita!

thanks for explain me. Don't it really have no difference in meaning and use between one after anther and one after the other

thanks....

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