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There’s a third alternative to “Is there something/anything else?” recommended in some coaching books: “What else?”
by asplake 7y ago
There’s a third alternative to “Is there something/anything else?” recommended in some coaching books: “What else?”
- chrisseaton 7y ago> “What else?” But that's not even a complete sentence! That's a terrible question! What on earth would you want as a response to that? If someone said to me 'what else?' I'd just think 'what else... what?' What else were you planning to do today? What else did I need to tell you? What else did you need to tell me? What else did I want to ask? What are you asking me 'else' about?
- sah2ed 7y ago> But that's not even a complete sentence! Why do you consider the sentence incomplete when the context of the sentence you quoted is quite clear. FWIW, it was beaten over our heads in school that merely writing “Yes.” in response to a question is not a complete sentence, but that may have been a pedagogical rule rather than a grammatical rule, to force students to learn proper grammar. A sentence will generally not make sense out of context[0] anyway. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_(linguistics)#Major_and_minor_sentences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_(linguistics)#Major_a...