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There can be a subtle change in meaning from "an other" when used instead of "another".
such as:
May I have another pastry? But, I want an other flavor.
I know that there are remaining pastries I can choose. But I'm emphasising that I want the flavor to be different that the one I ate earlier. If the phrase is shortened to:
May I have an other pastry?
It still conveys that I want a pastry, but one that differs in some way from the one I had before. The sentence slightly implies that the earlier pastry was not satisfying.
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