Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
another + proper name
Hi,
Is this possible (correct) to place the word 'another' before a proper name?
I seem to have encountered/saw ...
another Bill Clinton
another XXX Stadium
another XXX Street
Is this possible (correct) to place the word 'another' before a proper name?
I seem to have encountered/saw ...
another Bill Clinton
another XXX Stadium
another XXX Street
Top answer
Yes, you can use it before a proper name. You don't mean you will create another one of those things. You are referring to some aspect of that person/thing, and saying you will have another person/thing that is very much like the original in that manner.
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Yes, you can use it before a proper name. You don't mean you will create another one of those things. You are referring to some aspect of that person/thing, and saying you will have another person/thing that is very much like the original in that manner.
Let's say that some stadium, Grammar Stadium, ended up costing three times as much as it was supposed to. A few years later, another buildin
Let's say that some stadium, Grammar Stadium, ended up costing three times as much as it was supposed to. A few years later, another buildin
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Hi guys,
Or you might hear a conversation like this.
Tom: I met Bill Clinton at the library yesterday.
Mary: Really? You mean the ex-president?
Tom: No, no, I mean another Bill Clinton. This one is just a cab-driver.
Best wishes, Clive
Or you might hear a conversation like this.
Tom: I met Bill Clinton at the library yesterday.
Mary: Really? You mean the ex-president?
Tom: No, no, I mean another Bill Clinton. This one is just a cab-driver.
Best wishes, Clive
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