whoever, whomever

whoever, whomever
Whoever is an interrogative pronoun in the nominative case; whomever is the objective form of the same pronoun. They follow precisely the same rules as those for who and whom (See who).

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  • whomever — See whoever, whomever …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • whomever — whom•ev•er [[t]humˈɛv ər[/t]] pron. fun the objective case of whoever: Whomever she spoke to, she was always polite[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • whoever — See whoever, whomever …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • whomever — whoever, who ever, whomever 1. The same distinction applies here as to whatever and what ever, whoever being written as one word when it is an indefinite relative pronoun equivalent to ‘whatever person’ used in statements or commands (Whoever… …   Modern English usage

  • whoever — whoever, who ever, whomever 1. The same distinction applies here as to whatever and what ever, whoever being written as one word when it is an indefinite relative pronoun equivalent to ‘whatever person’ used in statements or commands (Whoever… …   Modern English usage

  • whomever — index whoever Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • whomever — ► PRONOUN chiefly formal ▪ used instead of ‘whoever’ as the object of a verb or preposition …   English terms dictionary

  • whomever — [ho͞om ev′ər] pron. objective form of WHOEVER …   English World dictionary

  • whoever — noun any individual, any person, anybody, anyone, no matter who, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • whoever — /hooh ev euhr/, pron.; possessive whosever; objective whomever. 1. whatever person; anyone that: Whoever did it should be proud. Ask whoever is there. Tell it to whomever you like. 2. no matter who: I won t do it, whoever asks. 3. who? what… …   Universalium

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