Meaning & use
else
Used to refer to another, different, or additional person, thing, place, or time.
See it in a sentence
If Maria can't come, someone else will have to give the presentation.
We had nowhere else to go, so we waited under the bus shelter.
A note on using this word
Else typically follows words like someone, anywhere, what, or who, and rarely stands alone as a sentence subject.
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