besides at the end

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Hi,

I'd like to ask if we can use 'besides' at the end of a sentence as in: ''I don't really want to go; it's too late now besides.''

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In conversational AmE I'd say "it's too late now anyway." If I were writing, I'd prefer "besides, it's too late now."
 

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What about this one: ''She has so much else to do besides.''

I have seen it in the book Right Word, Wrong Word (page 23).
 

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After "she has so much else to do", besides means "in addition (to something else)." After "it's too late now", it means "in any case." I'm not crazy about "she has so much else to do besides" but it does not feel unnatural.
 

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In that sentence, I would put "besides" at the beginning.
 
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