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each other
each otherpron. Each the other. Used to indicate that a relationship or an action is reciprocal among the members of the set referred to by the antecedent: The boys like each other.Usage Note: According to a traditional rule, each other denotes a reciprocal relation between two entities, and one another refers to more than two. This rule requires Dick and Maggie gave each other a knowing look and The members of the graduating class applauded one another. Most of the Usage Panel favors the rule. In our 2005 survey, 86 percent (up from 64 percent in 1987) reported limiting the reference of each other to two things in their own writing. In 2009, 84 percent accepted one another in the graduating class example above, but only 56 percent accepted each other. Still, the rule is often ignored without causing confusion and should be regarded more as a stylistic preference than a norm of Standard English. Many people maintain a further stylistic distinction between the two expressions by using one another when an ordered series of events or stages is involved, as in The waiters followed one another into the room. · The possessive forms of each other and one another are each other's and one another's: The boys wore each other's (not each others') coats. They had forgotten one another's (not one anothers') names.each other pron used when the action, attribution, etc, is reciprocal: furious with each other. Usage: Each other and one another are interchangeable in modern British usageeach` oth′er pron. each the other; one another (used as a compound reciprocal pronoun): to love each other; to hold each other's hands; to talk to each other. [before 1000] usage: Usage guides advise that each other be used only of two, and one another only of three or more or of an indefinite number. In standard practice, however, these expressions are used interchangeably, without distinction as to number. each other one another">one another1. usesYou use each other or one another to show that each member of a group does something to or for the other members. For example, if Simon likes Louise and Louise likes Simon, you say that Simon and Louise like each other or like one another. Each other and one another are sometimes called reciprocal pronouns. Each other and one another are usually the direct or indirect object of a verb. We help each other a lot.They sent one another gifts from time to time.You can also use them as the object of a preposition. Pierre and Thierry were jealous of each other.They didn't dare to look at one another.2. possessivesYou can form possessives by adding 's to each other and one another. I hope that you all enjoy each other's company.Apes spend a great deal of time grooming one another's fur.3. differencesThere is very little difference in meaning between each other and one another. One another is fairly formal, and many people do not use it at all. Some people prefer to use each other when they are talking about two people or things, and one another when they are talking about more than two. However, most people do not make this distinction. Translationseach (iːtʃ) adjective every (thing, person etc) of two or more, considered separately. each house in this street. 每,各 每,各自的 pronoun every single one, of two or more. They each have 50 cents. 每個 每个 adverb to or for each one; apiece; I gave them an apple each. 每人,每個 每人,每个 each other used as the object when an action takes place between two (loosely, more than two) people etc. They wounded each other. 互相,彼此 互相 each is singular: Each of them has (not have) a bag in his hand . each other
each otherEach the same in action toward the other person(s), animal(s), or thing(s) in a given group of two or more. You can just tell when you're around them that Joe and Sarah love each other very much. There are these birds in our back yard that are always fighting with each other in the morning. It's really annoying!See also: each, othereach otherAlso, one another. Each one the other, one the other, as in The boys like each other, or The birds were fighting one another over the crumbs. Both of these phrases indicate a reciprocal relationship or action between the subjects preceding ( the boys, the birds). Formerly, many authorities held that each other should be confined to a relationship between two subjects only and one another used when there are more than two. Today most do not subscribe to this distinction, which was never strictly observed anyway. [Late 1300s] Also see at each other's throats. See also: each, otherThesaurusSeeeach |