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e.g. I bought no potatoes.We will copy none of the recipes.However, in modern English, the construction with not ... any is more often used thanthe construction with no or none.See Exercise 4.Similarly, a sentence containing the word somebody, someone, something orsomewhere, in which the word beginning with some does not occur at the begi nning ofa clause, can be changed to express a negative meaning by changing the sentence to anegative statement using not, and by changing the word beginning with some to thecorresponding word beginning with any.e.g. Affirmative Meaning: I met someone I used to know.Negative Meaning: I did not meet anyone I used to know.Affirmative Meaning: We will buy something.Negative Meaning: We will not buy anything.In such sentences, nobody, no one, nothing or nowhere may be used instead of anegative statement with not and the word anybody, anyone, anything or anywhere.e.g. I met no one I used to know.We will buy nothing.However, the construction with not is more often used.See Exercise 5.6. The use of Another, Other, Others and ElseThe words another, other, others and else are used to indicate one or more additionalor different things.Another is formed from a combination of the words an and other, and has a meaningsi milar to one other. When used as an adjective, another can precede only a singularcountable noun. When used as a pronoun, another takes a singular verb.e.g. Please bring me another knife.Another of her uncles lives in Montreal.In the first example, another modifies the singular noun knife. In the second example,the pronoun another is the subject of the singular verb lives.Other can be used with singular countable, plural countable or uncountable nouns.e.g. The other door is open.The other streets are paved .Do you have any other luggage?In these examples, other modifies the singular countable noun door, the pluralcountable noun streets, and the uncountable noun luggage.Another usually cannot be immediately preceded by a determiner. In contrast, whenused before a singular countable noun, other usually must be preceded by adeterminer.