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1 - This is simply not a natural thing to say.Originally Posted by Kotfor
2 - You visited a series of houses. Trick-or-treating, singing Christmas carols, or perhaps simply one long summer of house parties.
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- 08-Nov-2012, 09:56 #1
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some other/another What's the difference?
1) We went from one house to some other. (they had certain houses to visit?)
2) We went from one house to another. (the didn't have certain houses to visit?)
- 08-Nov-2012, 13:11 #2
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Re: some other/another I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
- 08-Nov-2012, 15:15 #3
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Re: some other/another I am not saying that it's natural. Actually it is from here
Other | Define Other at Dictionary.com
he found some other house
What does it mean? Why not - he found another house?
- 08-Nov-2012, 22:32 #4
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Re: some other/another 'He found some other house' is not a good example for a dictionary to give.
'He found another house' is much more natural.
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- 09-Nov-2012, 07:47 #5
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Re: some other/another If a dictionary gives a bad example no wonder that I gave it
But is there any sense in this sentense? Is it nonsense?
- 09-Nov-2012, 07:52 #6
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Re: some other/another It makes sense, but it is not natural.
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- 09-Nov-2012, 08:42 #7
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Re: some other/another Could you, please, help me see the difference between these two if the first one makes sense?
1) We went from one house to some other.
2) We went from one house to another.
- 09-Nov-2012, 10:16 #8
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Re: some other/another Why? As you have been told #1 is not natural, we wouldn't use it, so it doesn't really matter what it means. Originally Posted by Kotfor
- 09-Nov-2012, 11:32 #9
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Re: some other/another Why not? As long as it means something as I have been told it makes some sense, I want to know what it means. What stops you from helping me with that? Originally Posted by bhaisahab Last edited by Kotfor; 09-Nov-2012 at 11:45.
- 09-Nov-2012, 11:57 #10
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Re: some other/another Most of us here try to help people produce and understand natural English. I, for one, prefer not to spend the little time I have for this forum on less natural constructions. Originally Posted by Kotfor Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
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