"Whatever" - parts of speech?

They are both pronouns. Whatever can also be an adjective, but there is no noun modified by it in your sentences, so it can only be a pronoun. What else can I tell you?

Is whatever a subject in both of the sentences.
GB

Is whatever a subject in both of these sntences.
GB

1. Whatever you do is right.-- Whatever is the pronoun object of do; Whatever you do is a nominal clause and the subject of the main clause.

2. Whatever you do, don't burn the toast. -- Whatever is the pronoun object of do; Whatever you do is a nominal clause, and a sentence adverbial.

Well this is exactly what I can't figure out. How would I know when "whatever" is used as an adverbial and when is it used as a noun?
GB

Whatever is always a pronoun or adjective. When it heads a dependent clause, it is the entire clause that has various functions. Whatever works just like what:

I like whatever/what I see. (dependent clause is verb object)
What/whatever turns you on is healthy. (dependent clause is sentence subject)
What/Whatever d

Thanks you Mister Micawber, good explanation.
GB.

It cannot be a pronoun...A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun. Whatever in this case is not replacing any noun.

is "whatever" a conjunctive pronoun in..

it would seem natural that my visit to this remote island should immediately revive my interest in strickland but the work i was engaged in ocuupied my attention to the exclusion !! of whatever was irrelevant!!! , and it was not till I had been there some days that I even remembered his connection with it.

is "of whatever was irrelevant" a