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Minhuoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Whatever

Hi,

Is the sentence right?

"Whatever are the difficulties before us, we must face them"

Thanks
  

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sounds good to me. whatever plays the role as pronoun and conjuction in the sentence.

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  • sounds good to me.
  • whatever plays the role as pronoun and conjuction in the sentence.
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sounds good to me.

whatever plays the role as pronoun and conjuction in the sentence.
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MinhuocHi,

Is the sentence right?

"Whatever are the difficulties before us, we must face them"

Thanks
"Whatever the difficulties before us are, we must face them."
The beginning of the sentence is not a question.
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Can "be" be used here.

Whatever be the difficulties before us, we must face them.

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I agree that 'Whatever the difficulties' expresses this in the clearest way. Adding 'are' or 'be' sounds a bit strange.
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I agree. Thanks all of you a lot.
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