whichever
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Determiner[change]
Determiner |
- (definite) (question) You use whichever when it doesn't matter which thing.
- Whichever colour you choose, you'll be happy.
- (definite) (relative) You use whichever when it doesn't matter which thing.
- Synonym: any
- It's OK to take whichever bus comes first.
- Whichever of these two wins will take first prize.
- "Would you like the blue or the green?" "Oh, whichever colour, it doesn't matter."
- (definite) (relative, definite) You use whichever when there's a particular thing, but you can't remember what it was.
- We took whichever bus came first, number 41 I think.
Pronoun[change]
Pronoun |
- (question) You use whichever when it doesn't matter which thing.
- Whichever you choose, you'll be happy.
- (relative, indefinite) You use whichever when it doesn't matter which thing.
- Synonym: any
- It's OK to take whichever comes first.
- Whichever of these two wins will take first prize.
- "Would you like the blue or the green?" "Oh, whichever, it doesn't matter."
- (relative, definite) You use whichever when there's a particular thing, but you can't remember what it was.
- We took whichever came first, number 41 I think.