相互代词

Posted 2021-01-01 baird

本文摘自复旦大学出版社《中学英语语法(高中第二版)》，作者魏孟勋

相互代词（Reciprocal Pronoun）表示动作或感觉在涉及的的多个对象之间相互存在。
each other 一般指两者之间。
one another 一般指三者之间。

At the end of the party, they gave each other gifts.
They couldn’t agree with one another, so they started quarreling.

相互代词还可以有属格形式。例如：
We know clearly each other’s good points as well as weak points.我们清楚的了解彼此的有点和缺点。
The teacher had the students check one another’s compositions.