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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

sentence inquiry

Is this sentence correct?

What else could it mean?

And does the use of ‘what else’ convey the sense of in addition to what was being said, is there any other meaning?
  

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What else could it mean? Yes. Anonymous And does the use of ‘what else’ convey the sense of in addition to what was being said, No; 'else' refers to an alternative, not an addition, I suppose.

  • What else could it mean?
  • Yes.
  • Anonymous And does the use of ‘what else’ convey the sense of in addition to what was being said, No; 'else' refers to an alternative, not an addition, I suppose.
  • You have given no context, of course.
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AnonymousIs this sentence correct?What else could it mean?
Yes.
AnonymousAnd does the use of ‘what else’ convey the sense of in addition to what was being said,
No; 'else' refers to an alternative, not an addition, I suppose. You have given no context, of course.
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Mister MicawberAnonymousIs this sentence correct?What else could it mean?Yes.
Thank you very much teacher.
Mister MicawberNo; 'else' refers to an alternative, not an addition, I suppose. You have given no context, of course.
Here are examples:

Speaker: This word mean strong.
Listener: What else could/does it mea
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AnonymousAre these correct?
The grammar is correct. The second conversation is an odd one
Anonymousis both ‘could’ and ‘does” possible in the first one?
Yes.

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