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Ditch Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Whoever as "No Matter Who"
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"I'll come around tomorrow, whoever may be here."
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/whoever )
"I will never change my mind, whoever tells me to."
The first one sounds okay, but the second one doesn't. Am I missing something or am I just being too hard on the second sentence? Is there a term for "no matter" in grammar speak?
Thanks for all your help.
"I'll come around tomorrow, whoever may be here."
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/whoever )
"I will never change my mind, whoever tells me to."
The first one sounds okay, but the second one doesn't. Am I missing something or am I just being too hard on the second sentence? Is there a term for "no matter" in grammar speak?
Thanks for all your help.
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Both sentences are fine. 'Whoever' is quite properly serving as a subject (of 'be' and 'tell' respectively) in both sentences.
- Both sentences are fine.
- 'Whoever' is quite properly serving as a subject (of 'be' and 'tell' respectively) in both sentences.
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Both sentences are fine. 'Whoever' is quite properly serving as a subject (of 'be' and 'tell' respectively) in both sentences.
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