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+<big>[[juna]]</big>
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{audio|en-us-one another.ogg|Audio (US)}}
+===Pronoun===
+{{pronoun}}
+# {{cx|reciprocal pronoun}} Used of a [[reciprocal]] [[relationship]] among a group of two or more people or things; compare [[each other]].
+#:''The raw recruits helped '''one another''' get over the first few days.
+#:''Rainy days seemed to follow '''one another''' all summer.
+====Usage notes====
+Some usage guides prescribe “each other” for two entities and “one another” for more than two; this distinction is not observed in practice. The Oxford English Dictionary describes the pronoun as referring to “two or more”; Fowler’s suggests that the distinction “is neither of present utility nor based on historical usage”. The Merriam-Webster ''Dictionary of English Usage'' notes that “a few commentators believe the rule to be followed in ‘formal discourse’. This belief will not bear examination: Samuel Johnson’s discourse is perhaps the most formal that exists in English literature, and he has been cited in violation of the rule.”
+====Synonyms====
+* [[each other]]