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The correct spelling is else.
How to pronounce else
/ɛls/
adjectiveIPA: /ɛls/
Say it like: Els-e
The correct spelling is else. (used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items. For example: "The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?"
Usage Examples
“The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?”
“How else (=in what other way) can it be done?”
“Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.(used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
adverb
- 1.(follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.
conjunction
- 1.For otherwise; or else.
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