3. another VS the other
很多人常常分不清楚another和the other,先看一張圖,再來看例子:
記太多容易搞混,簡單來說,the other是其他的全部,這全部可能是一個、兩個、三個….。Another是(三個以上的)另一個,表示還有其也的存在。
我有三個姐妹,一個住台北,另外兩個的住在新竹。
(X)I have three sisters. One lives in Taipei, and another live in Hsinchu.
(O)I have three sisters. One lives in Taipei, and the others live in Hsinchu.
另外兩個是「其他全部」用the other two sisters,避免重複,直接在把other變複數,變成the others。
在玻利維亞一個月後,我準備好啟程往另一個國家。
(X)After a month in Bolivia, I was ready to move to the other country.
(O)After a month in Bolivia, I was ready to move to another country.
國家有很多,到另一個國家用another。
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