- The Languages of India: Mutual intelligibility
Frank, sorry to say, I will comment further in this thread but if you can get rid of this false fear of HIndutva agenda or whatever you call it I don't need to justify my stand I just would like to modify one of my sentences I wrote above and you have quoted - "Sanskrit which is the mother of all Indian languages "
- Earlier - simple past or present perfect - WordReference Forums
If you were to phone your bank up earlier in the day and for whatever reason had to ring them again, and you were to mention on the phone about the earlier phone call would you use simple past or present perfect?
- whatever comes in the future - WordReference Forums
I always hear people say 'whatever comes in the future ' I want to know whether the followings are correct as well: Whatever will come in the future Whatever may come in the future Thanks
- Whatever you prefer Whatever youd prefer - WordReference Forums
If I wanted to "complete" these sentences, would these alternatives be correct? Whatever you prefer is fine with me Whatever you'd prefer would be fine with me
- Whatever-o-meter?? | WordReference Forums
I don't think there is precise meaning XXo-meter A meter is a device that measures things so people add the suffix to words to indicate the quantity, amount or intensity of the noun it is added to The "o" before meter is added, I think, because a lot of gauges follow this pattern You already mentined barometer, but there's also: thermometer gyrometer speedometer hyrometer hygrometer
- do the necessary vs. do the needful. | WordReference Forums
In the US we would say: I'll do whatever is necessary I'll do what is necessary I'll do whatever is needed Sometimes you hear "needful" but it is very old-fashioned
- Whoever, whichever, whatever, etc. , as plurals
Hello all, Can we use whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever, whoseever and whomsoever as plurals? Some say yes these can be singular or plural while some say all of these are singular Many thanks
- whatever vs anything - WordReference Forums
Hi! Please, can you say me the difference between "whatever" and "anything"? I know that they have same meaning, but when can I use "whatever", instead of "anything"? For example in this phrase: "I'll write about whatever", "whatever" is right? Or "anything" is better? Thank you very much
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