When one talks about alternative is referring to the situation of to choose or to choose between two different things or two possibilities of action.
Basically the alternative is the option between two or more issues and on which you can choose, opt for one or the other, according to personal belief, or the advice of someone, that this or that will be the best when it comes to fulfilling an objective or to develop a task.
The alternatives can also be taken as possibilities that are presented to us and that are there ready to be chosen before an election. If we go to a car dealership to buy a car and they offer us the model we want to buy in five different colors, we will have five alternatives for that car and we can choose the one we like the most.
Generally, when an alternative is expressed, the conjunction or is used, which acts as a connecting link between the two questions or possibilities.
In everyday life, human beings are subjected to different alternatives among which, yes or yes, we must choose one. Working full time or studying, staying single or getting married, having a child or not having any, among the most common. Meanwhile, what also happens with recurrence is that in certain circumstances it is said that there is no possible alternative, that is, the events are so closed that it is impossible to find another possibility and there is only one way to go. Death or events that are beyond the control of any person, such as an accident, a natural disaster, are considered situations that do not present a possible alternative.
It is done or happens in turns
Another use of the word is to refer to what is done, said or happens in turns or successively. Doctors will attend in an alternate order.
Other uses
On the other hand, to that able to alternate with similar or equal function it is called alternative, alternative energy sources, for example.
At the behest of Logic and Mathematics, an alternative will be that element of a logical disjunction.
In bullfighting (related to the practice with bulls), an alternative is called the ceremony through which the category of bullfighter is acquired..
In the different contexts, it will be called alternative or alternative to those that in relation to another are less common or traditional.
Use in law
In the field of law, we can also find a reference to the concept through what is known as obligations with an alternative benefit purpose. These are those obligations that empower the debtor, the creditor or a third party to choose between two or more objects of action when canceling a contracted obligation. With a concrete example we will see more clearly this concept of law. Next Tuesday he paid you for the motorcycle or he replaced it with an equal one.
You leave me no alternative
We must also emphasize that the alternative word is often widely used in the phrase: "you do not leave me an alternative", which is used frequently in our language when it is wanted to tell another person that in the face of an attitude or behavior that is developing, we do not leaves more room to act in such a way. In other words, if someone does not collaborate in a group, the person who leads it will have no alternative but to separate them from the group so that in the long run they do not end up harming them.
