elsewhere vs somewhere

[javivaso]

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #168 "Poverty in the US: living standards expressions", question 8

The decline of unions means that low skilled workers have to look ......... for less pay.

(a) somewhere
(b) everywhere
(c) elsewhere
(d) nowhere

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #168 "Poverty in the US: living standards expressions", answer 8

The decline of unions means that low skilled workers have to look elsewhere for less pay.

Correct answer: (c) elsewhere

Your answer was: incorrect
The decline of unions means that low skilled workers have to look somewhere for less pay.
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Why elsewhere is the correct answer here?

and thanks for the explanation.
javivaso

[gronny]

I'll give you an example which is easier...

Judith is looking for her toy somewhere in the house but didn't find it.. she will have to look elsewhere!!!

so she has to start in that place [somewhere] and THEN she looks outside that place [elsewhere]

i hope i didn't confuse you.

[prezbucky]

"Somewhere" includes every possible place.

Tom: I can't find the remote.
Amy: It must be somewhere...
Tom: That's right. I'll start the search here.

"Elsewhere" means "not here", "somewhere other than here", etc.

Tom: Amy, I've searched this entire room, and the remote is not here.
Amy: Yeah, Tom, it must be elsewhere.
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[*Delta*]

I got it now
so it will be
workers have to look - somewhere else - for less pay

thanks for the explaination
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[prezbucky]

somewhere else = elsewhere

yes
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