Intermediate 📐 Grammar · #137 of 305

Each Other and One Another

Reciprocal pronouns.

Examples

  • They love each other.

Key rules

  • Use each other for two people or more and one another for more than two (the difference is small)
  • They are reciprocal pronouns
  • Never use them as subjects
  • Possessive: each other's

Common mistakes

  • They looked at themselves (meaning mutual) → They looked at each other
  • We talked each other → We talked to each other
💡 Tip: Check whether the action goes both ways.
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