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Silak12 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Whereever Conjunction or adverb here?

Hi everyone.

Could you tell me whether the word "whereever" is a conjunction or adverb in the sentences below?

Is it your conclusion that the word "jung" whereever it's used means the same?

I will follow you whereever you go.

Thanks

  

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Hi Silak 'Wherever' is a pronoun - to be exact, a complex relative pronoun. It stands in for any number of nouns and means 'within context, any place noun you choose will fit my meaning' - The beginning, the end, the middle of the sentence, wherever, 'jung' means the same to me - Paris, Berlin, London, wherever you go, I'll follow (There's only one 'e' in the middle) Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi Silak 'Wherever' is a pronoun - to be exact, a complex relative pronoun.
  • It stands in for any number of nouns and means 'within context, any place noun you choose will fit my meaning' - The beginning, the end, the middle of the sentence, wherever, 'jung' means the same to me - Paris, Berlin, London, wherever you go, I'll follow (There's only one 'e' in the middle) Dave
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Hi Silak

'Wherever' is a pronoun - to be exact, a complex relative pronoun. It stands in for any number of nouns and means 'within context, any place noun you choose will fit my meaning'

- The beginning, the end, the middle of the sentence, wherever, 'jung' means the same to me

- Paris, Berlin, London, wherever you go, I'll follow

(There's only one 'e' in the middle)

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Two choices:


In traditional grammar and most dictionaries: adverb

In the best of modern grammars: preposition

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I'll support Bill on that:

- I'll go wherever I choose

That looks like 'to any place' - so it is modifying 'go', like an adverb

Dave

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Hi

I don't think that 'wherever' can act purely as a preposition. Maybe the idea there is that, in some sentences, 'wherever' doesn't usually take a preposition

- He was born in London.

- He was born wherever.

[wherever = pronoun or adjective but, for some reason, it doesn't need a preposition]

Dave

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