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Re: "Each Other"

From:Rob Haden <magwich78@...>
Date:Thursday, January 22, 2004, 14:45
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:04:55 -0800, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:

>Isn't "They see each other" just the shortened form of > "They each see the other", or "Each of them sees the >other of them."
I would think so. More likely it would be "Each sees the others." I interpret "They see each other" to mean that for two or more people, each one sees every other one. So I guess "They said to each other" is equivalent to "Each said to the others." - Rob