What is the difference between the following? Also, if both:
- in the other hand and
- on the other hand
are correct. And what is the reason?
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What is the difference between the following? Also, if both:
are correct. And what is the reason?
Best Answer
On the other hand is a set phrase meaning "in a way that is different or opposite from the previous argument." (Source: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/on-the-other-hand)
In the other hand is a valid, grammatical phrase, but it's not a set phrase. It only has its literal meaning, that something is literally in the other hand.
If you're still wondering "why," then you might need to have a better understanding of a what a set phrase is. Here are a couple of pages that explain this.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/set+phrase https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/set_phrase