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 #2 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 6:25 am "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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I think it's better to say,
Prices at Walmart are the cheapest among supermarkets of the same class. |
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| #3 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 7:23 am "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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| Haihao wrote: |
I think it's better to say,
Prices at Walmart are the cheapest among supermarkets of the same class. |
Yours sounds quite formal - from the News or Business registers, maybe. |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 7:27 am anyone else |
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| ched133 wrote: |
Which of the following is more correct:
the prices at Walmart are cheaper than anyone else
the prices at Walmart are cheaper than anyone else's |
Depending on who you are addressing, I'd go for "prices at Walmart are cheaper than anyone else's". That would would be fine in spoken English. |
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| #5 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 7:48 am "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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| Molly wrote: |
| Yours sounds quite formal - from the News or Business registers, maybe. |
You are right. I wrote the sentence bearing in my mind some kind of news report on Walmart. :) |
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| #6 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 7:51 am "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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Hi,
Don't you think 'anyone' should be changed to 'anywhere'? |
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| #7 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 8:01 am "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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| No, anyone is OK. Anyone refers to the owner. |
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| #8 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 8:13 am "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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| SkiIucK wrote: |
Hi,
Don't you think 'anyone' should be changed to 'anywhere'? |
I agree with Haihao, but you could say this:
Prices at Walmart are cheaper than anywhere. |
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| #9 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 10:41 am "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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| Molly wrote: |
| Prices at Walmart are cheaper than anywhere. |
One more question, Molly. Is it necessary or better to put 'else' after 'anywhere' in this case? |
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| #10 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 11:22 am "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| Molly wrote: |
| Prices at Walmart are cheaper than anywhere. |
One more question, Molly. Is it necessary or better to put 'else' after 'anywhere' in this case? |
For me, no. - unless the hearer thinks "anywhere" includes "also at Walmart". :shock: |
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| #11 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 12:19 pm "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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| Prices at Wallmart are cheaper than anywhere else. |
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| #12 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 14:11 pm "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
| Prices at Wallmart are cheaper than anywhere else. |
What's the function of "else", there? |
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| #13 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 16:42 pm "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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so "anywhere else's" would not make sense?
i thought anywhere else's means anywhere else's prices |
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| #14 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 16:46 pm "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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Hi,
By adding 'else's' there has to be a comparison with another noun. By adding simply 'anywhere else' you are suggesting any other place you can possibly think of.
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| #15 (permalink) Wed May 28, 2008 16:48 pm "anyone else" vs "anyone else's" |
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so in order to use "else's" the sentence has to be changed to
Walmart's prices are cheaper than anyone else's
right? |
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