each other – English Grammar Profiler

Point 60 in the category of PRONOUNS/reciprocal is defined as:

‘each other’ as the object of a verb or complement of a preposition to talk about the mutual behaviour of two or more people.

An iWeb search for:

* * * each other

1 ON TOP OF EACH OTHER 13130 (note that many of these are not ‘mutual behaviour of people’)

2 GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER 8999 (B1 in EVP)

TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE:

In the village, people usually get to know each other.

Female, Italy, B2

3 TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER 4554 4 TO TALK TO EACH OTHER 3371 5 GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER 3004 6 RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER 2368 7 TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER 2023 8 AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER 1809 9 IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER 1748 10 TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER 1657 11 GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER 1615 12 IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER 1580 13 TO DO WITH EACH OTHER 1380 14 TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER 1365 15 VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER 1352 16 ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER 1336 17 LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER 1313 18 TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER 1279 19 AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER 1122 20 THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER 1095 21 ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER 1084 22 IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER 1072 23 CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER 1038 24 AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER 964 25 CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER 953 26 ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER 922 27 ARE INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER 904 28 WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER 884 29 VERY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER 872 30 IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER 858 31 DO N’T KNOW EACH OTHER 840 32 CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER 824 33 THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER 822 34 GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER 813 35 IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER 799 36 WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER 796 37 TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER 789 38 THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER 781 39 THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER 770 40 RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER 766 41 TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER 763 42 CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER 759 43 ARE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER 758 44 MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH OTHER 732 45 TO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER 720 46 FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER 717 47 IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER 716 48 WE ‘VE KNOWN EACH OTHER 702 49 AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER 691 50 ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER 683 51 WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER 672 52 AND COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER 671 53 SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER 639 54 WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER 619 55 ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER 614 56 NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER 609 57 AND TALK TO EACH OTHER 608 58 SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER 593 59 DO N’T LIKE EACH OTHER 565 60 WALKING DISTANCE OF EACH OTHER 562

61 DID N’T KNOW EACH OTHER 553

62 VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER 550

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

Depending on the accent you are learning,

there are between 15 to 20 different vowels with a sound very similar to each other

and hard to recognize for non-Europeans.

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63 TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER 547 64 THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER 545 65 UP NEXT TO EACH OTHER 541 66 I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER 537 67 TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER 537 68 IN COMMON WITH EACH OTHER 530 69 CAN INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER 518 70 IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER 505 71 SIT NEXT TO EACH OTHER 503 72 CLOSELY RELATED TO EACH OTHER 495 73 N’T TALK TO EACH OTHER 495 74 IN SYNC WITH EACH OTHER 488 75 ARE ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER 484 76 THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER 465 77 AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER 462 78 TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER 446 79 ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER 444 80 IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER 439 81 TO BE WITH EACH OTHER 435 82 TO SAY TO EACH OTHER 435 83 TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER 425 84 LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER 424 85 DO NT KNOW EACH OTHER 422 86 THE BEST IN EACH OTHER 421 87 ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER 416 88 OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER 415 89 TO CONNECT TO EACH OTHER 415 90 BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER 407 91 INTO CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER 399 92 PLACED NEXT TO EACH OTHER 398 93 FACE OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER 396 94 I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER 395 95 WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER 392 96 LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER 386 97 TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER 386 98 ARE MADE FOR EACH OTHER 384 99 THEIR FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER 384

100 AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER 382

A2:
able, against, along, away, competition, contact, far, front, mirror, off, share, so, take care, top, war

B1:
attracted, common, communicate, compete, connect, connected,

distance, feelings, independent, look out, relation, respect, similar, touch