1.

«Lucy, if you don’t tidy up your room now, you’ll have to

find another day to invite your friends for that pyjama party!
Too bad!»

Another ( written in one word) + noun.

2. 'Alright, I have my ticket to the show, but where are the other
three ? You won't be able to see the show without them...'

If you want to use a numeral adjective with "other", you must

place the adjective AFTER "other".

3. «I know, you’re disappointed! This second swimming pool is

closed too... Don’t worry, we’ll try again at any other moment of
the week and we’ll have fun! »

"At any other moment" : the indefinite adjective "other" is placed

just before a noun.

4. She has her treatment every other week , is exhausted and

tries to recover and rest in between.

"Every other week..." = "every two weeks", or "every second

week", which means the first week, then the third one, then the
fifth one, etc.

5. «Yes, Mum, I came home with Paul, but the other girls stayed
at Brenda’s party.»

"The other girls"= use of the indefinite adjective (in the singular)
in spite of the noun which is in the plural.

6. «One of my kids took the school bus, but I drove the other
one myself after going to the dentist’s with him.»

The other kid" is a nominal group in which other is an indefinite

adjective => the other one. (in order to avoid the repetition of the
noun "kid").

7. 'He showed me ten recent photos of her: six colored ones,

but the other four were either black and white or sepia. She
looks very beautiful...'

"The other four photos": contrary to what happens in several

European languages, the indefinite adjective is placed before the
numeral adjective.

8. «Of course he could go himself... On the other hand , it would

be more efficient to be represented by a lawyer...»

"On the one hand, ... on the other hand..." expresses an

alternative. The two parts of the expression are not always
expressed clearly. Sometimes, one of them only is given.

9. During the lecture, most students were listening but some

others were talking and laughing... Quite unruly and rude...

"Some others" is an indefinite pronoun in the plural, replacing the

noun "students".

10. « Don’t worry! Tomorrow, the problem will be solved one

way or another ...»
"One way or another" is the same as "one way or an other way".
[If you mean "a different [noun]", then it is more appropriate to
use "an other"; if you mean "an additional [noun]", then it is more
appropriate to use "another".]

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