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.
usage note for each other
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.
The possessive of each other is each other's; the possessive of one another is one another's.
Words nearby each other
Example sentences from the Web for each other
Such is the case with our own language: each-other, one-another.
Opuscula |Robert Gordon LathamThe same enthusiasm for art, the same studies and the same inclinations bound us yet closer to each-other.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography |Louis Spohr
British Dictionary definitions for each other
each other
pronoun
used when the action, attribution, etc, is reciprocal
furious with each other
usage for each other
Each other and
one another are interchangeable in modern British usage
Idioms and Phrases with each other
each other
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.