1.指單數(shù)時的用法指單數(shù)時,若泛指用another,若特指用 the other.如：Give me another (one).另外給我一個.
Shut the other eye,please.請把另一只眼睛也閉上.
2.指復數(shù)時的用法指復數(shù)時,若泛指用 other(后接復數(shù)名詞),若特指用the other(后接復數(shù)名詞).如：There are other ways of doing it.做這事還有其他的辦法.
Where have the other students gone?其他學生都到哪里去了?
3.other的用法others永遠表示復數(shù)意義(且其后不能再接名詞).其用法大致相當于)“other+復數(shù)名詞”,同樣地 the others 大致相當于“the other＋復數(shù)名詞”.如：Other people [Others] may not think that way.別的人可能不這樣想.
He is cleverer than the others [the other students] in her class.他比班上其他學生聰明.
4.another的用法another一般只能表單數(shù),且其后接名詞也只能接單數(shù)名詞.但是若其后有數(shù)詞或 few 修飾時,則也可接復數(shù)名詞.如：We need another few chairs.我們還需要幾把椅子.
In another two weeks it'll be finished.再過兩個星期就可做完了.
5.與 some連用與 some 對比使用時,用 others(此時與 some 同義).如：Some say yes,and others say no.有人說對,有人說不對.