Else

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Sir,

1.Would you like anything else.

2.Would you like anything else to eat.

"else" here in (1) and (2) is an adverb.

NB:I have a "Cambridge Learner Dictionary" in which "else" is only as an adverb, no other entery at all.

But at "www.gurunet.com" it shows that "else" can work as an adjective also.

I am very confused.Would anybody clear my doubts?

Thanks.

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Source: www.easyenglish.com: ADJECTIVE/ADVERB: else

The word "else" is used as an ADJECTIVE to express being different or being in addition:

EX: I don't like fish, what else is there to eat?
EX: Who else is coming to the party?
EX: You dance; everybody else is tired.
EX: Finish the cake if you want; nobody else wants any.
EX: That is Eduardo's car, but somebody else is driving it.
EX: Thank you for your homework, Larry. Does anybody else have their homework?
EX: They have nothing else to say.
EX: She doesn't like these shoes; show her something else.
EX: I have the flour, the salt, the yeast and the water to make pizza; do I need anything else?

The word "else" is used as an ADVERB to express in a different or additional place, way or
time:

EX: This store doesn't have the CD I want; where else do they sell jazz music?
EX: Let's go somewhere else; here the music is too loud.
EX: At Renato's Bar there is good espresso coffee; everywhere else the coffee is like dirty water.
EX: Rice is boiled and it is fried, how else is it cooked?
EX: If you don't tell him, how else will he know you love him?
EX: Five o'clock in the morning is too early. When else do trains leave for Madrid?
EX: Of course I celebrate New Year's on December thirty first! When else does anyone celebrate New Years?

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