在中学英语语法及考试中，“another ”与“the other ”的用法有明确区别，需严格遵循书面语规范，这与日常口语中的灵活使用不同。其主要区别可通过以下例句说明。
一，两者中的另一个，必须用the other
I have two sisters. One is a nurse, and the other is a teacher.
二，三个中的还有一个，用another；剩余的那个用the other.
The old man has three sons. One is a worker, another is a doctor, and the other is a teacher.
三，用于四者或以上，且强调其余全部时：可以用the other +数字或直接使用the others.
1.I have four books. One is an English book, and the other three are Chinese books.
2.I have four books. One is an English book, and the others are Chinese books.
因此，在中学英语选择题和书面表达等考试情境中，必须依据所指对象的数量关系准确选择another 或the other ,避免混用。今天推荐的网络原创英文中，就有类似的问题。看看原文吧，你能发现几个问题？
一，我发现的问题
二，分析问题并修改
（一）既然是日记，应该用过去范围的时态；也可以删除过去完成时态，简化句子。
1.Today was January 7th, the second day we had been in GengMa. It was a relatively relaxing day.
2.Today was January 7th, our second day in GengMa. It was a relatively relaxing day.
（二）两者中第二个用the other，不能用another；寺庙是专有名词，需要冠词the；用过去式。
We only visited two temples. One was the Mengding Xiacheng Grand Buddha Temple, and the other was the Dongjing Buddhist Temple.
根据语境，优化了词汇和语法，我最后修改版本如下
Today was January 7th, our second day in GengMa.It was a relatively relaxing day. We only visited two temples. One was the Mengding Xiacheng Grand Buddha Temple, and the other was the Dongjing Buddhist Temple.
今天是1月7日，我们在耿马的第二天。那是颇为轻松的一天，我们只参观了两座寺庙。一座是勐定下城大佛寺，另一座是东景佛寺。
三，总结
思考题用another, other, others, the other, the others填空。
1.Tom has two friends. One is from Britain, and __is from Australia.
2.If you want to order fruit, you have to pay__two dollars.
3.Mary has five books in her schoolbag. One is a physics book, and __are maths books.
4.The old lady is ready to help__.