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Alternate or alternative?

Alternate means every other one, or taking turns: alternate Tuesdays, they alternate between the two. Alternative means a different option you could choose instead: an alternative route. American English increasingly uses alternate for both, but in British English the distinction still holds.

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alternate

every other one, or taking turns

Occurring in turn, or every second one.

on alternate days · alternate between the two · alternate rows

alternative

a different option you could pick instead

Available as another possibility.

an alternative route · no alternative but to · alternative medicine

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Ćwiczenia i wyjaśnienia są po angielsku. To celowe: chodzi o to, by myśleć w języku, którego się uczysz.

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The market is held on   Saturdays, so the next one is in a fortnight.

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