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each other

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.

each other

pronoun

used when the action, attribution, etc, is reciprocal
furious with each other

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Usage

Although some insist that each other be used only in reference to two ( The two candidates respected each other ) and one another in reference to three or more ( The three nations threaten one another ), in standard practice they are interchangeable. Each other is not restricted to two, nor is one another restricted to three or more. The possessive of each other is each other's; the possessive of one another is one another's.

Each other and one another are interchangeable in modern British usage

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Word History and Origins

Origin of each other¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English. See each, other

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, one another. Each one the other, one the other, as in The boys like each other, or The birds were fighting one another over the crumbs. Both of these phrases indicate a reciprocal relationship or action between the subjects preceding (the boys, the birds). Formerly, many authorities held that each other should be confined to a relationship between two subjects only and one another used when there are more than two. Today most do not subscribe to this distinction, which was never strictly observed anyway. [Late 1300s] Also see at each other's throats.

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Example Sentences

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One friend shared that when it comes to one of her best friends from childhood, there is no limit to the number of times they cancel on each other.

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It’s so fun seeing memes just about the way we laugh while running away from each other, you know?

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Though we didn’t know each other, there was an instant familiarity, which is perhaps the most sacred, inexplicable part of the African diasporic experience: that sense of recognition, which is more a feeling than anything that can be adequately described.

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The panel’s lack of enthusiasm for this category expresses itself in a drastic falloff after the first three contenders, as different from each other as TV movies can be.

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The railroad tunnel in which John Doe #135 was found had spooky graffiti and a dark mystique, the kind of place kids dared each other to walk through at night.

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