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Gu-Hoon Kwon Posted 13 years ago
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We tend to perceive the door of a classroom as rectangular no matter from which angle it is viewed.

? We tend to perceive the door of a classroom as rectangular from any angle that it is viewed.
? We tend to perceive the door of a classroom as rectangular from whichever angle it is viewed.
  

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They're all used. I'd be inclined to say "from whatever angle," since "whichever" seems to imply that only two angles are possible. " - A.

  • They're all used.
  • I'd be inclined to say "from whatever angle," since "whichever" seems to imply that only two angles are possible.
  • " - A.
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They're all used.

I'd be inclined to say "from whatever angle," since "whichever" seems to imply that only two angles are possible.
My favorite would probably be "no matter what angle it is viewed from."

- A.

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