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"each other's" and "one another's"

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Submitted by IenaHanish on 14 April, 2012 - 03:49. Malaysia

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Submitted by Orxan Agayev on 9 March, 2012 - 13:55. Azerbaijan

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Submitted by AdamJK on 5 January, 2012 - 15:34. Poland

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Submitted by anis nabila on 5 January, 2012 - 04:17. Malaysia

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Submitted by igor Kherson on 19 December, 2011 - 22:35. Ukraine

 Hi Adam. Can you explain me  "each other's" and "one another's" are the same mean? Thanks a lot.

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Submitted by marjanonabi on 28 July, 2011 - 11:10. Romania

Hello AdamJK.I can't use this page my mean description about "each other's and one another's" could you help me please?

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Submitted by eqorbani on 14 September, 2011 - 12:26. Austria

We use the reciprocal pronouns each other and one another when two or more people do the same thing. Traditionally, each other refers to two people and one another refers to more than two people, but this distinction is disappearing in modern English.
Peter and Mary helped one another.
= Peter helped Mary and Mary helped Peter.
We sent each other Christmas cards.
= We sent them a Christmas card and they sent us a Christmas card.
They didn’t look at one another.
= He didn't look at her and she didn't look at him.
We also use the possessive forms each other’s and one another’s:
They helped to look after each other’s children.
We often stayed in one another’s houses.
NOTE: We do not use reciprocal pronouns as the subject of a clause.