Grammar: other or others

[moshen]

Hello,

How can you fill in the blank? Which alternative is correct? Why?

Some people are nearsighted; ............ people are farsighted.

a. other
b. others

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, moshen. You say you are a teacher, so it's not homework (which we don't do).

First tell us which alternative sounds better to you when you read them aloud.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

Matthew Wai, please allow the original poster to provide an answer before giving one yourself.

 

[Matthew Wai]

The OP wants an answer but we should allow him to provide an answer, it is weird.

 

[Barb_D]

We don't hand out answers on a silver platter. We need people to TRY to do the work themselves, and explain why they can't decide between options.

Absolutely no learning takes place when you give an answer.

 

[Rover_KE]

The OP wants an answer but we should allow him to provide an answer, it is weird.

If you don't like the way the forum operates, Matthew, you could always go away.

 

[moshen]

Hello everybody.
Actually I feel a doubt about an answer in a textbook on grammar.
I do not exactly know that this can be an error or I am not aware of the rule that is being used.

The blank seems to be answered by an adjective, other, (and not the pronoun others) as it is followed by the noun people.

 

[moshen]

But the book says "others" is the correct answer. I checked out the answer key

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

But the book says "others" is the correct answer.

The book is wrong.

 

[moshen]

e-mailed to the author several days ago, got no response.

 

[Matthew Wai]

If you don't like the way the forum operates, Matthew, you could always go away.

Is it a warning?

 

[Matthew Wai]

But the book says "others" is the correct answer. I checked out the answer key

The answer key contains a typo.

 

[moshen]

It seems like that.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hello everybody.
Actually I feel a doubt about an answer in a textbook on grammar.
I do not exactly know that this can be an error or I am not aware of the rule that is being used.

The blank seems to be answered by an adjective, other, (and not the pronoun others) as it is followed by the noun people.

I agree. "Others" would work if the word "people" is deleted from the second clause. "Some people are...; others are...".

 

[Rover_KE]

Is it a warning?

No — your latest posts have been more than acceptable...helpful, to be fair.

 

[moshen]

Thank you.