Elsewithsomeone,anybody,nobody, etc.
We useelseafter words beginning withany-, every-, no-andsome-, to mean ‘other’, ‘another’,‘different’ or ‘additional’.
This group of words includes:
anybody | everybody | nobody | somebody |
anyone | everyone | no one | somewhere |
anywhere | everywhere | nowhere | someone |
[in a shop; A is the shop assistant, B is the customer]
A:Will there beanything else,sir?(Do you want any additional thing(s)?)
B:No thanks, that’s it for now.
I was the only one who knew any German.No one elsehad ever done it at school.(No other person had ever learnt it.)
[outside a restaurant]
It looks really busy in there. Let’s gosomewhere else.(Let’s go to a different place.)
This must besomeone else’scoat. It’s not mine.
Elsewithwho,what,where, etc.
We useelseafterhow, what, where,whoandwhyto mean ‘other’, ‘another’, ‘different’ or ‘additional’:
What elsedo you need apart from new shoes?(What other things do you need apart from new shoes?)
We’ve invited Jean and Richard.Who elseshould we invite?(What other person or people should we invite?)
Where elsehave you worked, apart from the airport?(What other place(s) have you worked at?)
We don’t useelseafterwhich:
Which other onedo you want apart from this blue shirt?
Not:Which else do you want…?
Else:orelse
We useor elseto say what the result will be if something does not happen:
I’ll have to leave now,or elseI’ll miss my train.(If I don’t leave now, I’ll miss my train.)