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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Whoever/whatever/whichever/whomever
Sir,
As for relative pronouns like "who,whom,that/which", I could unterstand a little bit.
1.This is the boy who came to my house last night.
2.These are the boys who made this picture.
3.This is the pen which/that I bought yesteday.
4.The boy whom you are calling John is my brother.
But I am not fimiliar with the usage of these words(whatever,whoever,whichever,whomever).
Would you please give a hand to understand these words?
Thanks.
As for relative pronouns like "who,whom,that/which", I could unterstand a little bit.
1.This is the boy who came to my house last night.
2.These are the boys who made this picture.
3.This is the pen which/that I bought yesteday.
4.The boy whom you are calling John is my brother.
But I am not fimiliar with the usage of these words(whatever,whoever,whichever,whomever).
Would you please give a hand to understand these words?
Thanks.
Top answer
These '-ever' words are inclusive, and begin nominal clauses stating, for instance, 'under all conditions': Whoever came into my house last night left his footprints in the mousse. (subject -- 'who of any person') This is the receipt for whatever you bought yesterday. (object of preposition -- 'all of the [unidentified] items') I want whichever pen you're not using.
- These '-ever' words are inclusive, and begin nominal clauses stating, for instance, 'under all conditions': Whoever came into my house last night left his footprints in the mousse.
- (subject -- 'who of any person') This is the receipt for whatever you bought yesterday.
- (object of preposition -- 'all of the [unidentified] items') I want whichever pen you're not using.
- (direct object -- 'any', 'which of all unused pens') Give these roses to whomever you like best.
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These '-ever' words are inclusive, and begin nominal clauses stating, for instance, 'under all conditions':
Whoever came into my house last night left his footprints in the mousse. (subject -- 'who of any person')
This is the receipt for whatever you bought yesterday. (object of preposition -- 'all of the [unidentified] items')
I want whichever pen you're not using.
Whoever came into my house last night left his footprints in the mousse. (subject -- 'who of any person')
This is the receipt for whatever you bought yesterday. (object of preposition -- 'all of the [unidentified] items')
I want whichever pen you're not using.
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but WHY are these -ever words relative pronouns? Do you have a definition for either "relative pronoun" or "relative clause" which applies to both the "core" or "definite" relative pronouns (who, whose etc) and these -ever words (whoever whatever etc)? How can you tell when an -ever word is being used as a relative pronoun and when it is being used as something else?
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