Grammar Query

[Tarser]

I would like to know which of the the following sentences is correct English:

1."British history has been a history of these idiots killing each other."

2."British history has been a history of these idiots killing one another."

Does 'each other' imply that there are only two people involved? I prefer the first sentence but the second one might be the correct one.

[jno]

as TCL says... it's really "one ANother" or "each [THE] other" and you ought to restrict "each other" to when there are just two. However, not many people know this (as the answers you've got demonstrate) so it probably doesn't matter.

[jannatul18]

I guess both are correct!

[jennyjoan]

it is exactly the same when people refer to little babies - ach there are lovely two twins. Twins are two.

[ladybirder]

Like people saying you have two choices, A or B when they mean you have a choice.