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When we add -ever after what, which, when, where, who or how, we are referring to
one element and to every element described by the question word at the same time, it
doesn’t matter which. For example, if we say, ‘You can sit wherever you want’, we
mean that you can sit in some place and that this place can be any of all the available
places, it doesn’t matter which.
In the grammar chart below you can see the meanings of these words and example sentences.
whatever
It means ‘anything’ or ‘everything’, ‘it doesn’t matter what’. For example, if we say,
‘Do whatever you like’, we mean that you can do any thing from all the possible things,
it doesn’t matter which.
You can be whatever you want to be; the only thing you need is hard work.
I am very proud of all of you, whatever happens in the game tomorrow.
whichever
Whichever is similar to whatever, but we use it when we have a limited number of
options. It means ‘any one (of a number of options)’, ‘it doesn’t matter which’.
whenever
It means ‘at any time’ or ‘at every time’, ‘it doesn’t matter when’. If we say, ‘You can
come whenever you want’, we mean that you can come at any time you want from all
the possible times; it doesn’t matter when.
wherever
It means ‘at any place’ or ‘at every place’, ‘it doesn’t matter where’.
whoever
It means ‘any person who’, ‘it doesn’t matter who’. If we say, ‘Whoever finishes first is
going to win a prize’, we mean that from all the people, any person who finishes first, it
doesn’t matter who, is going to win a prize.
however
It means ‘in any way’, ‘it doesn’t matter how’. It can be used in some different contexts,
in which we could also find the word how without ever.
When you buy your own house, you can customise it however you want. (=You can
customise it in any way you want, it doesn’t matter how.)
However much you think it costs, triple that amount. (=It doesn’t matter how much you
think it costs.)