LoginSomeone vs. Someone Else
What Is Their Difference?
'Else' is an adverb that is used after words beginning with 'some-', 'every-', 'any-', and 'no-', and after question words and adds a sense of exclusion meaning 'other than the persons/things mentioned or involved'.
Consider these two sentences:
Call someone and ask for help.
'Someone' is the more formal synonym of 'somebody'. It refers to a person who is not known or mentioned by name.
Call someone else and ask for help.
'Someone else' is someone apart from those mentioned or implied.
Look at another example:
It could be someone from homeroom or it could be someone else.
'Someone else' is someone apart from those mentioned or implied.
In general, if you come across 'someone else' in a text, then it implies that there was a previous person mentioned earlier in the text before that point.
I talked to someone about the attic ... but I had to speak to someone else about the garage.
Bottom Line
We can conclude that:
someone → any person
someone else → another person
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