Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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Stephen B.

Member Since

March 15, 2017

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1

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Someone else’s

  • March 15, 2017, 8:13pm

else's is technically incorrect. I hate to disagree with all your other comments, and it is certainly common usage, but it is incorrect. In speech it is awkward, in writing this is the correct usage:
somebody's else
anybody's else
nobody's else
etc. therefore MS Windows is correct when spell check underlines it.