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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.

The appropriate expression is [some NP or other], meaning simply 'some unknown NP'.
'The' never occurs in this construction.

Sir,

I could not understand your short form "NP'.

Please make it clear.

Thanks.

= noun phrase