ANOTHER vs. OTHER(S)

Another is one  word.

He’s bought another car. (not…. An other car.)

Functions:

1.       Another can mean “an additional or extra”. It is used with singular countable nouns. To know more about Countable & Uncountable noun, you can click here!

Example:

Could I have another piece of bread?

Another can be used without a noun, or with one, if the meaning is clear from what has come before.

Example:

Those cakes are wonderful. Could I have another (one)?

With uncountable and plural nouns, we normally use more, not other with this meaning.

Example:

Would you like some more meat? (not ….. another meat)

Would you like some more peas? (not … other peas?)

However, we can use another before a plural noun in expressions with few or a number.

Example:

I’m staying for another few weeks.

We need another three chairs.

2.       Alternative

(an)other can also mean ‘(an) alternative’,’beside/ instead of this/these’.

Example:

I think we should paint it another color.

Have you got any other cakes, or are these the only ones?

Other people often means ‘people besides one self’.

Example:

 Why don’t you think more about other people?

3.       Other and others

When other is used with a noun it has no plural form.

Example:

Where are the other photos? (not….others photos?)

But used alone, without a noun, it can have a plural form.

Example:

I’ve got one lot of photos. Where are the others?

These are too small. Have you got any others?

Normally, other(s)  is not only used alone if it refers to a noun that has been mentioned before. An exception is the common plural use of (the) others to mean (the) other people.

Example:

He never thinks of others.

Jake’s arrived – I must tell the others

(not …. On the phone, one cannot see the other or he never listens to another)

4.      
    Not used like an adjective

Other is a determiner or pronoun; it is not used exactly like an adjective. So it cannot normally have an adverb before it, or be used after a link verb.

Example:

I’d prefer a completely different color. (not … a completely other color)

You look different with a beard. (not … you look other)

So that was easy right??? ^_^
I hope this tips can help you to get better English.

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Countable nouns are the names of separate object, people, ideas etc. which can be counted. We can use numbers and the article a/an with countable nouns; they have plurals.

Example:

a cat     a newspaper    three cats         two newspaper

Uncountable (or ‘mass’) nouns are the names of materials, liquids, abstract boundaries, and not as separate objects. We cannot use numbers with uncountable noun, and most are singular with no plurals. We don’t normally use a/an with uncountable nouns, though there are some exceptions.

Example:

Water (not … a water, two waters)

Weather (not … a weather, three weathers)

Wool (not … a wool, four wools)

Usually it is easy to see whether a noun is countable or uncountable. Obviously house is normally a countable noun, and sand is not. But it is not always so clear; compare a journey (countable) and travel (uncountable); a glass (countable) and glass (uncountable); vegetables (countable) and fruit (uncountable). The following rules will help, but exactly how a particular noun can be used, it is necessary to check in a good dictionary.

This list is a sample of nouns that are commonly used as Uncountable nouns. Many other nouns can also be used as Countable   nouns.

(a ) whole groups made up of similar items : baggage, clothing, equipment, food , fruit, furniture , garbage, hardware ,

jewelry , junk , luggage, machinery, mail, make up , money /cash /change, postage, scenery, stuff, traffic , etc.

(b) fluids : water, coffee, tea, milk, oil, soup, gasoline, blood, etc.

(c) solids : ice, bread, butter, cheese, meat, gold, iron, silver, glass, paper, wood, cotton, wool, etc.

(d) gases : steam, air, oxygen, nitrogen, smoke, smog, pollution, etc.

(e) particles : rice, chalk, corn, dirt, dust, flour, grass, hair, pepper, salt, sand, sugar, wheat, etc.

( f) abstractions :

— beauty, confidence, courage, education, enjoyment, fun, happiness, health, help, honesty, hospitality,

importance, intelligence, justice, knowledge, laughter, luck, music, patience, peace, pride, progress, recreation,

significance, sleep, truth, violence, wealth, etc.

— advice, information, news, evidence, proof, etc.

— time, space, energy, etc.

— homework, work, etc.

— grammar, slang, vocabulary, etc.

(g) languages : Arabic, Chinese, English, Spanish, etc.

(h) fields of study : chemistry, engineering, history, literature, mathematics, psychology, etc.

( i) recreation : baseball, soccer, tennis, chess, bridge, poker, etc.

( j) activities : driving, studying, swimming, traveling, walking (and other gerunds)

(k) natural phenomena : weather, dew, fog, hail.

Okay that’s all what I share about Countable and Uncountable noun. See you next time and thanks for reading! ^_^

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STUDY ENGLISH IN PARE - INDONESIA FOR SUMMER CAMP

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Do you know Pare guys?

Pare is a small village in East Java - Indonesia, and now becomes a place for studying languages. Including English, Arabic, Mandarin, France, Japanese, and so on.  But anyway we are going to Indonesia next month to study English there. if you want to join us you're welcomed as well. ^_^

Student Short Movie

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 Assalalmu Alaikum .... guys.. today we're gonna share our happinness when we're making short movie. anyway we're very tired but also we felt happy and enjoyable, cuz our friends were really so funny when they tried to act outside their character.
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Azizstan English Wall Magazine Competition 2015

 A wall magazine is a periodical run on a notice board, especially in an educational institute where the students and other members of the institution can post their articles, poems, drawings and other such compositions to share with each other. They can be in the form of collage giving message.

 Wall magazines are a medium within the ecucational institutions for the students to express their creativity. and also wall magazine is the cheapest media to create communication in one environment. the wall magazine that is placed in a school, mosque, church, or current university proves that by using such way can make the communication can be simply run.  

 As a teacher, my purpose to create such program is to make the students creative in exploring their ideas. moreover we give some rewards for the winners, and absolutely they will be more spirit to partake in making wall magazine.
 And this competition includes only 6 classes. The  first is 1/5, 1/11, 2/5, 2/3, 4/9,  and the last is 5/9.
 Who will be the First Winner? Let's find out!

Azizstan is very good at knowledge.

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by: Nauwaf Lehnu (1/5)

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