other是其他的意思
通常another是與the other的比較
another是三者或三者以上的另壹個
the other是兩者的另壹個
another與other的區別.
①Some students like English and other students (others) like physics.
有些學生喜歡英語,有些學生喜歡物理.
解析other表示“別的”,“另外的”,只能與復數名詞連用.但other前有冠詞the即可與單數名詞連用.如：
I have two pens. One is blue. The other (pen) is black.
我有兩枝鋼筆.壹支是藍色的,另壹支是黑色的.
②John did better than all the other players in the sport.
在那項運動中John比所有別的運動員都出色.
解析the other加復數名詞指的是壹定範圍內“所有其余的人或事物”,是特指；而other加復數名詞卻是沒有明確範圍的“另外的人或事物”.如：
We must think more of other comrades.
我們必須多想想別的同誌.
③ This shirt is too large for me. Please show me another.
這件襯衫我穿太大.請另外拿壹件我看看.（壹般商店不會只有兩件襯衫）
解析another, the other作代詞的用法.The other表示“兩個數量中的另壹個”,表示特指,總數為倆；another表示“總數為三個以上中任意的另壹個”,表示泛指.如：
His parents both work in a hospital. One is a doctor and the other is a nurse.
他父母都在壹家醫院工作.壹個是醫生,壹個是護士.（父母為兩個人）
其他習慣用法one another, from one…to another, the other day = a few days ago,every other
day/ week/year, some…, others…,如：
I met Mr. Smith in the park the other day.
前幾天我在公園裏碰見了Smith先生.
While at the university, he went to the library every other day.
在大學時他每隔壹天去圖書館壹次.
Some people like football, others like volleyball.
有些人喜歡足球,有些人喜歡排球.
They are very different from one another.
他們互相之間差別很大.
When Americans moved from one place to another, they took their dialects with them.
當美國人從壹個地方遷移到另壹個地方時,