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What´s the difference between "each other" and "one another"?

Each Other vs. One Another

Use "each other" to refer to two persons or things, and "one another" for more than two persons or things.

Ex: You and the other trustee may grant each other individual authority.
Ex: You and the other trustees may grant one another individual authority.

Comments

1/5/2012 4:03:13 PM
Me said:

Arithmetically-speaking, shouldn't it be the other way around, i.e., I count two objects in "one another" while "each other" is seemingly undetermined?

1/5/2012 4:04:57 PM
Me said:

Arithmetically-speaking, shouldn't it be the other way around, i.e., I count two objects in "one another" while "each other" is seemingly undetermined?

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