اگر else بعد از کلمات somebody, someone, something, somewhere, anybody, everybody, nobody و کلمات پرسشی. مانند whatever و whenever و کلمات little و much قرار بگیرد، معنی “دیگر” می دهد.

?Would you like anything else
I am 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

عبارت or else به معنی otherwise یا if not (وگرنه)

Let’s go, or else we’ll miss the train

 گاهی اوقات از or else بدون دنباله برای تهدید استفاده می شود.

You’d better stop hitting my little brother, or else

 کلمه elsewhere حالت رسمی somewhere else است.

If you are not satisfied with my hospitality, go elsewhere