- Whatsoever Vs. Whatever - WordReference Forums
'Whatever", unfortunately, has become popular as an answer when the person is less than enthusiastic about doing something For example: [to a child], "You need to clean your room " [Response], "Whatever " It's a verbal shortcut for "Whatever you want, Mom " or "Whatever job you want me to do, Mom ", but it is not heard in a positive tone of voice
- Whatever the reason (is), the fact remains that
For example: 'The fact remains that, for whatever reason, the job was not completed on time' In this case, you have a prepositional phrase (introduced by 'for') and no verb has been omitted Reactions: Bahrenit
- Whatever suits you lt;better gt; lt;best gt; - WordReference Forums
- Whatever suits you best Well, if we prefer "which" when we have a limited number of choices and what when we have an unlimited number of choices (not sure if this is right) then whatever suits you better doesn't make any sense since we have to choose between two options whichever suits you best? - right whichever suits you better? - right,
- for whatever reason whatever the reason - WordReference Forums
It does not work "Is" does not fit with "should", but you could use "whatever the reason may be" However, "whatever the reason" is the obvious choice I don't know how a grammarian would analyse this; perhaps it is a relative clause with the verb omitted, but there does not appear to be anything missing to me
- Whatever the time it is the time | WordReference Forums
La idea que da whatever es: da igual cuál, no importa qué, independientemente, etc, por eso, ninguna de tus opciones en inglés capta la idea que da "depending on " Click to expand To me, "the time" seems to refer to clock time (qué horas son), but I might use "the time of day " to refer to "morning" or "afternoon"
- whatever vs whichever | WordReference Forums
That is the thing - if you say "whatever obstacle" there is an infinite number of possible obstacles By using "whichever" you yourself are limiting the number of obstacles and suggesting that the listener knows about this limitation, e g
- Whatever you prefer Whatever youd prefer - WordReference Forums
Both seem perfectly acceptable in US English, although I'd probably use the simpler "you prefer" most of the time
- whatever vs anything - WordReference Forums
Anything is a noun phrase on its own, or with adjectives, but whatever normally begins a relative clause: I'll write about anything I'll write about anything interesting I'll write about whatever I like I'll write about whatever you want me to write about However, anything can also have such clauses attached, and then it works the same as
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