Choose the most suitable determiner for the given sentence. What_____ books by…

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Choose the most suitable determiner for the given sentence.

What_____ books by Charles Dickens have you read, apart from ‘Oliver Twist’?

  1. A.

    another

  2. B.

    other

  3. C.

    many

  4. D.

    few

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Correct answer: B

Correct answer: other

Why this is correct: Use 'other' with plural nouns and with uncountable nouns to mean additional or different items.

  • Rule: Use 'another' with singular countable nouns (example: another book).

  • Rule: Use 'other' with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns (examples: other books; other information).

  • Note: If you use 'other' before a singular countable noun you usually need another determiner: the other color / the other one.

Why the other choices are incorrect:

  • 'many' is a quantifier meaning 'a large number of' and does not complete the question appropriately. To ask about quantity, you would say 'How many books...?'

  • 'few' means 'not many' and would change the meaning; 'What few books...' is unnatural here and not the intended sense of asking which additional or different books someone has read.

  • 'another' is singular only (example: another book) and therefore cannot correctly fill the blank when the noun is plural ('books').

Correct sentence: What other books by Charles Dickens have you read, apart from 'Oliver Twist'?

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