Other or another????????

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Other or another????????

miesies muis

Other or another????????

Today my learners had to do a word search and they had to use a new color for each word that they are looking for. The question I would like your comments on is:

Do you say:

a) "You need to use another color for each word"

b) "you need to use an other color"

or

Maybe I should say: "Use a different color for each word"

Thanks

Elanie

3 Mar 2011

I would say "Use a different color for each word". "Another" or "an other" implies using a different one to the one you are using right now. Plus "an other" does not seem correct to me. Hope I have helped!

3 Mar 2011

The last option of the sentence (Use a different colour ...) seems the best one in the case.

The word another is actually the merging of the �ndefinite article an with the word other. So the phrase an other seems strange to me.

3 Mar 2011

miesies muis

Thank you both for the reply.

After I typed the question and I read it, I thought to myself that it should actually be the last one. "Use a different color".

Why do we always second guess ourselves?

3 Mar 2011