“Other” vs. “Another”

• Another + singular countable noun
• Other is used before plural or uncountable nouns.
• Other can accompanied by the article "the" in singular: example: the other car

Examples:

• I need another cup. (cup is singular so we use another)
• I need other cups. (cup is plural so we use other)
• I need others. (refers to other cups)
• The other people are waiting for the same thing.

More examples

I have two pencils. One is black, and the other is blue.
The other car cost much less.
I have two brothers. One of them lives in Canada. The other brother lives in Japan.”

• Let’s meet another day.”
• I’d like another piece of cake.
• “Other people have problems, too.” [people = plural noun]
• “This book has other information.” [information = uncountable noun]
• That piece of cake was tasty. I think I’ll have another. (another = one more piece of cake)

Others is a pronoun and is NOT followed by a noun.

• These shoes are too small. Do you have any other shoes?
• These shoes are too small. Do you have any others? (no noun after others)