Another vs Other

Another, Other, Others, The other, the others

We can use another and other as determiners before a noun.

Use other + a plural noun.

Use another + a singular noun.

I need another cup of coffee.

I want to talk to other doctors.

Note: that determiners don’t have a plural form. We say: I want to talk to others doctors. I want to talk to other doctors.

Another vs others (pronouns)

Others is always a pronoun, i.e. never followed by a noun.

We can use another as a pronoun, not followed by a noun.

I’ve already had one beer, but I’ll have another.

I don’t want to use these glasses. Aren’t there any others? (=other glasses)

The other + noun

Use the other + a singular noun to mean ‘the second of two things or people, or the opposite of a set of two’.

This computer here is new. The other computer is about five years old.

• We could also say the other one instead of the other computer.

The other + noun

Use the other + a plural noun to mean ‘the remaining people or things in a group or set’.

Joel and Karen are here, but where are the other kids? (the remaining kids in the group)

The other or the others (without a noun)

We can also use the other as a pronoun (not followed by a noun).

This computer here is new. The other is about five years old.

We can also use the others as a pronoun (not followed by a noun).

Joel and Karen are here, but where are the others? (the remaining kids in the group)

Activity

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/another-other-others-the-other-the-others/