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183 else 1 use
We use else to mean 'other' after:
somebody, someone, something, somewhere; anybody, everybody, nobody etc; question words; whatever, whenever etc; little, much.
Would you like anything else?
I'm sorry. I mistook you for somebody else.
Where else did you go besides Madrid?
Whatever else he may be, he's not a mathematician.
We know when Shakespeare was born and when he died, but we don't know
much else about his life.
In a fonnal style, else is sometimes used after all.
When all else fails, read the instructions.
2 word order
Note that else comes immediately after the word it modifies. What else would you like? (NOT What /tI6l1lti 1611 like else?)
3 else's
Else has a possessive else's.
You're wearing somebody else's coat.
4 singular only
There is no plural structure with else.
I didn't see any other people. (NOT ••• any else petJple.)
5 orelse
Or else means 'otherwise', 'if not'. Let's go, or else we'll miss the train.
Or else is sometimes used with no continuation, as a threat. You'd better stop hitting my little brother, or else!
6 elsewhere
This is a formal word for somewhere else.
Ifyou are not satisfied with my hospitality, go elsewhere.
184 emphasis
1 emotive and contrastive emphasis
We often emphasise ('strengthen') a particular word or expression. There are two main reasons for this. We may wish to show that we feel strongly about
what we are saying ('emotive emphasis').
You do look nice today!
Your hair looks so good like that.
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