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Use of Whatever
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Ruwayda37
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Use of Whatever
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Good day fellow teachers,
1. He is good at whatever he does.
2. You can choose whatever you like.
Sentence 1 is mentioned in Collins online dictionary as an example of using whatever as a conjunction.
sentence 2 is mentioned in Macmillan online dictionary as an example of using whatever as a relative pronoun. I am confused as I still see the two sentences as two examples of using whatever as a relative pronoun not a conjunction. Could you clarify that for me please?
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3 Sep 2020
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yanogator
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I agree with you. "Whatever he does" is the object of the preposition "at", and "whatever you like" is the direct object of "choose", so there�s no conjunction involved. Bruce |
4 Sep 2020
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Ruwayda37
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Many thanks for your reply, Bruce. |
4 Sep 2020
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