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
- 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
- Fostering is looking after a child from another family for a while, when their own parents cannot cope for now.
- A scratch card is a quick lottery ticket; the "almost won" feeling is designed to make people buy another.
- Immigration means people moving to live in another country; countries have rules about it, and people disagree about those rules.
- If a grown-up's anger ever makes you frightened for your safety, tell another trusted adult.
- One clue plus a guess plus another guess feels like news, but it is not.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «another» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.