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)

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)