another
part of speech
determiner, pronoun
meaning for a pupil
1) Another means one more of the same kind: have another cookie. tree →
2) Another means a different one: try another way. tree →
3) As a pronoun, another means some other person or thing: one dog barked at another. tree →
sense in the lessons
one more of something («another 3 flowers» = add 3), or the other person being compared («how many more one has than another»); in everyday life «one another» (each other), «another time», «another day»
examples
- Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. (Torah EXO.36.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. (Torah GEN.25.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they said one to another: 'Behold, this dreamer cometh. (Torah GEN.37.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And My glory will I not give to another. (Prophets ISA.48.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let his days be few; let another take his charge. (Writings PSA.109.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him. (Prophets 2SA.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- To find how many more one has than another, we subtract the smaller from the bigger. tree →
- Jo picks 5 flowers, then another 3 flowers. tree →
- One box holds 8 eggs and another box holds 6 eggs. tree →
- Can I have another slice of pizza? tree →
- This pen does not work; please give me another. tree →
- Let's try another way to solve it. tree →
- The children helped one another clean up. tree →
- We will go to the zoo another day. tree →
- "I have many sprats," said another. tree →
note
«another N» adds N more; «than another» marks a comparison: subtract. Trap: «another box» names a second container, not an operation. «Another» is written as one word and goes with a singular noun (another apple), or with a number and plural (another 3 apples).
In the corpora
- Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.'
- And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
- And they digged another well, and they strove for that also.
- And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not.
- And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The LORD add to me another son.'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «another» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.