Home > Grammar > Details > Else placed after someone/anybody/nothing etc.
 

52.    Else placed after someone/anybody/nothing etc.

A.     someone/somebody/something, anyone/anybody/anything, no one/nobody/nothing, everyone/everybody/everything and the adverbs somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, everywhere can be followed by else:

someone else/somebody else = some other person

anyone else/anybody else = any other person

no one else/nobody else = no other person

everyone else/everybody else = every other person

something else = some other thing

I'm afraid I can't help you.

You'll have to ask someone else. ~ There isn't anyone else/There's no one else to ask.

else used with adverbs:

somewhere else = in/at/to some other place

anywhere else = in/at/to any other place

nowhere else = in/at/to no other place

Are you going anywhere else?

B.     someone/somebody, anyone/anybody, no one/nobody + else can be possessive:

I took someone else's coat.

Was anyone else's luggage opened?

No one else's luggage was opened.