Reciprocal pronouns.

1. Reciprocal pronouns are the group-pronouns each other and one another. They express mutual action or relation. The subject to which they refer must always be in the plural.

“I didn’t really know him,” he thought, “and he didn’t know me; but we loved

each other.” (Galsworthy)

We haven’t set eyes on one anotherfor years. (Priestley)

Each other generally implies only two, one another two or more than two persons:

He had never heard his father or his mother speak in an angry voice, either to

each other,himself, or anybody else. (Galsworth’y)

Seated in a row close to one anotherwere three ladies — Aunts Ann, Hester

(the two Forsyte maids), and Julie (short for Julia)... (Galsworthy)

It must be mentioned that this distinction is not always strictly observed:

I should have been surprised if those two could have thought very highly of

one another. (Dickens)

2. Reciprocal pronouns have two case forms.

Girls banged into each otherand stamped on each other’sfeet. (Mansfield)

The common caseof reciprocal pronouns is used as an object.

The men were not grave and dignified. They lost their tempers easily and

called one anothernames... (London)

Elizabeth and George talked and found each otherdelightful. (Aldington)

The genitive case of reciprocal pronouns may be used as an attribute.

At first it struck me that I might live by selling my works to the ten per cent

who were like myself; but a moment’s reflection showed me that these must

all be as penniless as I, and that we could not live by, so to speak, taking in

one another’swashing. (Shaw)

Not until moon and stars faded away and streaks of daylight began to appear,

did Meitje Brinker and Hans look hopelessly into each other’s face. (Dodge)

Reciprocal pronouns preceded by a preposition are used as a prepositional indirect object:

They look at one anotherfor a moment. (Dickens)

...in silence they stared at each other.(Saxton)

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