Other of with a/an/the

Xinfu · #1 November 14, 2015, 08:29 AM

p.173 I have read other of your poems of Insect Life, and marvelled at the way they combined the brilliance and fragility of those winged things [...]

Is an- or the optional before other?

**Rusty** · #2 November 14, 2015, 09:25 AM

Yes, here there is no need for either.

Xinfu · #3 November 15, 2015, 01:11 AM

Excellent answer. Thank you. But do you think an- or the would make the thing clearer? If there's three poems, after reading one, we say another poem; there's two poems, after reading one, we say the other poem.

**Rusty** · #4 November 15, 2015, 06:05 AM

You can use the alternatives, yes.

In formal writing, "there's" should be "there're" when talking about more than one, since it's the proper contraction for 'there are'.

Xinfu · #5 November 16, 2015, 04:13 AM

Excellent answer. Thank you.

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