Question Words + Word “ever” Whether If

Whom is used if the verb in the noun clause already has a subject. 63. Her chubby face and his haggard, angular visage were both turned up to the cloudless heaven in heartfelt entreaty to that dread being with whom they were face to face Why , while the two voices… the one thin and clear, the other deep and harsh…united in the entreaty for mercy an forgiveness. page 25 64. Without meaning to hurt either of your feelings, I am bound to say that I consider these men to be more than a match for the official force, and that is why I have not asked your assistance How . page 42 65. The question which confronted me was to find out how Strangerson had been employed between 8:30 3.2.1.2 Question Words + Word “ever” and the time of the crime and what had become of him afterwards. page 38 Sometimes the subordinator is used as subject of the verb in the noun clause. Only who, whoever, what, whatever, which, whichever, can be used as the subject of the verb in the noun clause. Question words + “ever” can also be subordinators that introduce noun clause, like written below: Universitas Sumatera Utara However However used to introduce a noun clause is not the same as the conjunctive adverb. Compare the following sentences that found in A Study in Scarlet novel. 66. Soon, however The subordinator ‘however” in the sentence above is to introduce a noun. , it took a wider range. page 56 67. It chanced, however The subordinator “however” in the sentence above means “although”. , that Drebber, looking from his window, had recognized the vagrant in the street, and had read murder in his eyes. page 71 Whoever Whoever means any person 68. Philipe de Croy, whoever he may ever have been Whenever … page 29 Whenever means any place. 69. Whenever a horse man clattered down the road Whatever , or a driver shouted at his team, the old farmer hurried to the gate, thinking that help had arrived at last. page 62 Universitas Sumatera Utara 70. I told you that, whatever happened 71. , Lestrade and Gregson would be sure to score. page 33 Whatever the motives of these extraordinary crimes

3.1.2.3 Whether If

, robbery is certainly not one of them. page 39 When a yesno question is changed into a noun clause, whether or if is used to introduce the clause Schrampfer Azar 1989:268. A whether if clause is formed by: Whether if + Subject + Verb + Complement 72. An observer would have found it difficult to say whether he was nearer to forty or sixty. 73. It was at this point that I asked Cregson page 47 whether he had inquired in this telegram to Cleveland 74. You have asked me … page 81 if I know the name of the assassin 75. When you see him, ask him . page 42 if he remembers the Jefferson Hopes of St. Louis

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