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- Word comparison: each other vs. one another
each other vs. one another
each other vs. one another: 's the difference?
Each other and one another both indicate a reciprocal relationship. One another is less frequently used. It’s often recommended, but not always followed, that each other be limited to detailing actions between two people, as in The two men grabbed each other’s hand, while one another is for larger groups, as in All the members of the trio grabbed one another’s hands.
pronoun
- each the other; one another (used as a compound reciprocal pronoun):
to strike at each other; to hold each other's hands; to love each other.
pronoun
- each other.