Whichever vs Whyever - What's the difference?
whichever | whyever | Related terms |
For whatever reason.
* 1918 , Wilson Follett, The Modern Novel: A Study of the Purpose and the Meaning of Fiction , page 79
* 1975 , Steven Polgar, Population, Ecology, and Social Evolution , page 74
* 2006 , David Weber, Linda Evans, Hell's Gate
*:"And whyever they were doing it, they were the ones responsible for what happened to her and all of the rest of my friends in the first place."
Whichever is a related term of whyever.
As a determiner whichever
is any one or a number of a group.As a pronoun whichever
is any one or a number of a group.As an adverb whyever is
for whatever reason.whichever
English
Usage notes
It may be preferable to use whoever'' (subject) or ''whomever (object) when referring to a group of people.whyever
English
Adverb
(-)- Whyever would someone do that?
- Whatever we do, and whyever we do it, does not every motive originate in self, and does not every act proceed out of the individual's instinct for self-fulfilment ?
- Whyever they began, there was no perceptible wolf at their door.
