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"whatever the case may be" and "as the case may be"
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? The doctor may or may not have been at fault, but whatever the case (may be) [=either way] the patient almost died.
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• as the case may be
used for saying that either of two things may be true, depending on the actual situation
- An important consideration is the candidates’ experience, or lack of it, as the case may be.
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Do "whatever the case may be" and "as the case may be" mean the same thing?
? The doctor may or may not have been at fault, but whatever the case (may be) [=either way] the patient almost died.
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/case
• as the case may be
used for saying that either of two things may be true, depending on the actual situation
- An important consideration is the candidates’ experience, or lack of it, as the case may be.
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Do "whatever the case may be" and "as the case may be" mean the same thing?
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Yes, the intentions are the same, though 'whatever' is more emphatic. 'Whatever the case may be' certainly does not apply to only two cases, and neither does 'as the case may be', though that may be the commonest application of the latter.
- Yes, the intentions are the same, though 'whatever' is more emphatic.
- 'Whatever the case may be' certainly does not apply to only two cases, and neither does 'as the case may be', though that may be the commonest application of the latter.
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Yes, the intentions are the same, though 'whatever' is more emphatic. 'Whatever the case may be' certainly does not apply to only two cases, and neither does 'as the case may be', though that may be the commonest application of the latter.
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They're not really the same to me since I wouldn't use "as the case may be" instead of "whatever the case may be" in the first sentence. "as the case may be" would alter the meaning and imply that the speaker is not sure whether the patient almost died.
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