'whenever' used as an adverb

AnonymousWhenever, I'll master this language.

No. That doesn't work at all.

CJ

Thank you. That confirms my gut reactions, but a contributor on another site has found an example in song lyrics ("Whenever, wherever, we're meant to be together.") and Gethin's rule-of-thumb 'But in many contexts, adverbs of practically any sort can be put at the beginning of the sentence, for emphasis' and is claiming these as a licence for the usage. They did eventually concede that it's not a

You couldn't possibly steer me to a source backing up your opinion, could you please? Your contributions here have always impressed me (I still remember your 'In what way is here 'modifying' be in I am here: am is just a link' OWTTE), but a generation has arisen that knows not your name. Edwin Ashworth

AnonymousYou couldn't possibly steer me to a source backing up your opinion, could you please?

I don't know of any source that would list usages that are not correct, word by word. You might be able to find a usage note in a dictionary entry of 'whenever' somewhere that deals specifically with that word by itself at the beginning of a sentence, but don't get

Many thanks. KUTGW (sounds less patronising as an initialism).