Urgent, pls offer help!! Exam is coming!!!!!!!

1. Other vs Another
Other – usage :

- when we use “other” to refer plural noun which has a quantifier (數詞), we put “other” after the quantifier.
Example : I am going camping with some other boys this week.

- when we use “other” with article “the”, we put other in front of the quantifier.
Example : I am going camping with the other boys this week.

Another – usage :

- when “another” is used to refer to “another one”, this “one” has to be a countable singular noun.
Example : I am talking with you on another phone.

- when “another” is used as the meaning of “others / extra / additional”, it can be put in front of the quantifier “few / several / five” of plural noun. Here we should treat the “quantifier + plural nouns” as a noun phrase.
Example : I am talking with another few parents on a conference call.

2. What's the meaning of "Gone are the day when........"
“Gone are the days when….” is a phrasing of inversion(倒裝法)
When you change it back to normal sentence pattern, you will understand the meaning easily :
The day when…..are gone.

3. What's the meaning of"........is put on hold."
“…..is put on hold” = “……is temporarily suspended”.
Note : When we say temporarily it does not always mean only temporary. Sometimes the “……” will be put on hold forever, that is, it will never happen.

Aloha, my dear friend
How are you today?
*I confess I borrowed similar form from "another" person. But I did not copy the context, I just only made adjustment.
Now back to the issue

Question(1) "Other" and "Another"
" Other" is mainly used to refer to different things or people,or beings and should be more than one, whereas " another" refers only to a single object or one. (another = an + other, 'an' implies single or one) Note this is the KEY point.
e.g.
The usage of " other":

1) I have lots of Playboy magazines, one of them is a limited edition and the other ones are not so interesting. ( ones - multiple of one )
2) I have many friends. Some of them are from Europe and the other ones are from the planet of Mars. ( ditto )

3) I have many beetles. One beetle is from Africa and the other beetles are from North Pole. ( beetles - more than one )

You see. "other" is used for multiple objects


The usage of " another":

1) I have many kinds of books. Since you do not like the comic book that I gave you, let me give you another one.( choice of one from different kinds )
2) My friend Dick the plummer was stuck in the snow this morning. I do not think he is able to help me fix the toilet. I am going to ask another friend of mine for help.
( How many friends don't matter here as long as you talk about a single friend. But if you are going to ask lots of friends for help, you have to say "other friends of mine")
3) refer to my confession above marked*

Question(2):
What's the meaning of "Gone are the days when........"
Meaning:
gone = disappeared, vanished, perished, withered, all past away and nothing left ( everything in the past )
days = periods, time, events
when..... = descripts the subject clause in front
If you use "Gone are the days when........", the "when....." event and time must be in the past meaning past tense, and the event will not happen again today.

2008-10-31 15:57:00 補充：
e.g.:
1)Gone are the days when I could have Sharp-fin soup for my lunch, because I am broke today.
2)Gone are the days when my grandma hugged me everyday as she had passed away yesterday.

2008-10-31 15:57:59 補充：
Question(3):
What's the meaning of"........is put on hold."
" to put on hold" means " to stop an ongoing process temporarily. It may or may not continue at a later time depending on a condition normally related to time.

2008-10-31 15:58:24 補充：
e.g.:
1) The program was put on hold until further notice from the top management. Afterall the whole thing was shut down.
2) My petty cash from my husband was put on hold until I would stop using the money for my LV bags.

2008-10-31 15:58:46 補充：
Is that clear? My explanation Okay?
If not, you are always welcome to ask again in the 'appendix'.

That's all folks. Til next episode,
Chow Mein

2008-10-31 16:03:41 補充：
Follow my lecture and you will not flunk the exam. But don't forget to pick mine as the best answer. Okay..

1) I want to radically distinguish the difference between "Other" and "Another". How and when do I use them in a correct way?

OTHER - We can put articles: an, the or no article in front of it. The correct use in each case is related to the usual use of articles/no article.

Sample sentences:

a.I am giving you an other solution to your question.
This can also be written, without changing its meaning as:
I am giving you another solution to your question.--ANOTHER-any other one(singular only)

b. I don't know what the other person is talking about.--THE OTHER- the specific other

c. I always accept friendly suggestions by other people.-- OTHER- any other (singular or plural)


2)What's the meaning of "Gone are the days when........"
There is a song lyric like this: " Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay." It means: there were days when my heart was young and gay, and now those days are gone.過去了。In other words, it means the old times with what happened then are gone. They are in the past, they are history.

3)What's the meaning of"........is put on hold."
"Some thing is put on hold." means that thing is paused, stopped at present, waiting to resume later. eg My phone is ringing, so my answering your question is put on hold.

2008-10-31 05:23:32 補充：
GOOD LUCK ON YOUR EXAM!!

Hi there,

1) " Other" is mainly used to talk about two things or two people while
" another" means more than two.

Examples:
The usage of " other":

1) I have two handbags. One is orange and the other (is) black. ( Comparing two items here.)

2) I have two friends. One is from London and the other (is) from New York.
( Comparing two persons here.)

The usage of " another":
1) I have ten books. Since you do not like the PC magazine, let me give you
another one.( ten books <------------- more than two items )

2) Peter is so busy today.I do not think he is able to help me with my homework. I am going to ask another friend of mine for help.( If you have more than two friends , you should use " another" here.)

Here comes your second question:
2)What's the meaning of "Gone are the dayS when........"

Meaning: Those old days are gone. ( We cannot compare things from the past with the things we have nowadays./ we cannot compare the old stuff with
the
new stuff. )

Example:
Gone are the days when people had to start a fire with wood, nowadays
there is a stove in almost every household.


We finally came to the last question.:)


3)What's the meaning of"........is put on hold."
" to put on hold" means " to decide that one will leave an activity/ a plan
until a later time.

Examples:

1) The project has been put on hold until our financial position improves.

2) Our government has put the fruit cash issue on hold until our financial
position improves.

That's all for now.

Until next time, ciao.