no other and no

[WUKEN]

Hi ,teachers:
Could you please tell me what the difference between :No other student and no student to native speakers.
I saw it in some grammar books say no other noun ----and I can't grasp the difference

1 No other student is taller than Paul.
2 No student is taller than Paul.

Could you clarify it for me?
Thanks in advance for your help.

[2006]

hi ,teachers:
Could you please tell me what the difference between :no other student and no student to native speakers.
I saw it in some grammar books say no other noun ----and i can't grasp the difference

note that i changed the sentence order to deal with the simpler sentence first.

2 no student is taller than paul. there aren't any students taller than paul.

1 no other student is taller than paul. imagine that there is one student taller than paul. Then you could say, '(except for john,) no other student is taller than paul.'

2006