Talk:whatsoever
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@Brett: It cannot be in attributive modifier or predicative complement function. Since it is usually used as an external adjunct, we may as well recognise it as an adverb.
--Victor Bob [talk] 10:32, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- I have no idea why it's here as an adjective, but it's clearly not an adverb either.--Brett (talk) 11:20, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- What category do you think it belongs to? Victor Bob [talk] 14:20, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- What does whatever belong to? What about what?--Brett (talk) 16:59, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- When whatever and its emphatic form whatsoever are placed in front of nominals, they're of course determinatives. But when they follow nominals, they appear to be adverbs. Victor Bob [talk] 03:02, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- What does whatever belong to? What about what?--Brett (talk) 16:59, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- What category do you think it belongs to? Victor Bob [talk] 14:20, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- And what other determinatives "appear to be adverbs" in such contexts?--Brett (talk) 11:35, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- So you mean they're always determinatives, right? I agree with you. Victor Bob [talk] 14:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- And what other determinatives "appear to be adverbs" in such contexts?--Brett (talk) 11:35, 28 November 2023 (UTC)