Talk:else's

RFD discussion: February–March 2016
As in "somebody else's" or "someone else's"

We decided some time ago not to create possessive entries in "'s", and I see no reason to make an exception here.

In this case, "'s" is being added to the end of the phrase, not to else itself. One could say "everybody else and their brother's" instead of "everybody else's", for instance. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:25, 23 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete: this is not a meaningful lexical unit on its own. The entry would have to be "someone else's", "anyone else's", etc. Equinox ◑ 03:29, 23 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and per Votes/pl-2007-07/Exclusion of possessive case; I see nothing about this which goes beyond else + 's as would be necessary to be allowed under that vote (contrast e.g. Talk:your guys's). - -sche (discuss) 11:37, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * It doesn't even function on its own, so it's less justifiable than something like John's which does, and that's not even justifiable by our standards anyway! Renard Migrant (talk) 11:39, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * It's simply adding 's for the possessive form: unlike other languages which don't use apostrophes in the same way. Delete, I guess. Donnanz (talk) 11:58, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Deleted. It’s a clear case of exclusion. — T AKASUGI Shinji (talk) 07:09, 7 March 2016 (UTC)