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subhajit123

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Hi everyone, If someone asks me 'Do you have another book?' can I reply 'I have no other book.'

My question is that should the noun after no other be plural or singular in the given context?
 

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I would say "No, I don't".
 

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"Another book" implies a single additional book, so the singular would be natural in the response if you had some reason to use that rather unnatural sentence.
 
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