English grammar questions, answered by Alan
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hanuman_2000
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by hanuman_2000 »
Sir,
Some boy or the other has stolen my pen.
This sentence is wrong. Here article "The" with other is wrong
but Why ?
Please make it clear to me.
Thanks.
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Alan
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by Alan »
The appropriate expression is [some NP or other], meaning simply 'some unknown NP'.
'The' never occurs in this construction.
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by hanuman_2000 »
Sir,
I could not understand your short form "NP'.
Please make it clear.
Thanks.
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by Alan »
= noun phrase