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About the use of "else"

0 When can i use "else"? What's the explanation to this statement: Everybody else wanted to become rich. 0-
  

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0'Else' (meaning 'other') is a peculiar postmodifier that can modify ('every/some/any') + ('body/one/thing/where'), the interrogatives 'who/what/where/when/how', and 'much/little'. 0-

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  • 0'Else' (meaning 'other') is a peculiar postmodifier that can modify ('every/some/any') + ('body/one/thing/where'), the interrogatives 'who/what/where/when/how', and 'much/little'.
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0'Else' (meaning 'other') is a peculiar postmodifier that can modify ('every/some/any') + ('body/one/thing/where'), the interrogatives 'who/what/where/when/how', and 'much/little'. 0-
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0 Re: Everybody else wanted to become rich. 02br
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00a) I was contented with being a school teacher, everybody else wanted to become rich businessmen. = I was contented with being a school teacher, everybody OTHER THAN ME, wanted to become rich businessmen. 02br
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00b) My friends and I were happy with what little we have got, everybody else wanted
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"everybody else" = "all others" or "all the rest (of them)"
"somebody else" = "some other person" or "another additional person"
"nobody else" = "no other person(s)" or "no additional person(s)"
"anybody else" = '"any other person(s)" or "any additional person(s)"

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