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- grammar - When to use when and whenever? - English Language . . .
Generally, "Whenever X, Y" means that X happened happens is supposed to happen many times, and each and every time Y also happens (or in this case, you're told to make it happen) So your sentence would read as a general rule - "you'll have many chances to hold onto happiness in your life, and each time that happens, make sure to do so"
- Whether or Whenever - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Whenever is not suitable for alternation, for "X or Y", because it is saying "on those occasions when X" It is for things that happen sometimes, but not all the time It is for things that happen sometimes, but not all the time
- Does whenever convenient sound natural or not?
So "whenever it is convenient for you" would be the textbook answer Still, it's understandable contracted as "whenever convenient for you " It would even be understood if it was contracted to "Please call my secretary to arrange a meeting this afternoon, or whenever convenient "
- word choice - Is this use of Whenever . . . So correct? - English . . .
Whenever is suitable, although every person means all persons at once, so I think you mean whenever any person rather than whenever every person So is also fine While some frown upon using a coordinating conjunction to start a sentence, such usage is not grammatically incorrect
- sentence construction - When you are free or whenever youre free . . .
"Whenever you are free" is more open, inviting the person to select any free time in their schedule Share
- Is the sentence wherever and whenever you want correct?
wherever and whenever you want This is not a sentence but a noun phrase, typically occurring in 'free choice' relative contructions The crucial point is that the ever component marks the phrase as non-referential: there is no reference to any particular place or time For example: You can go whenever and wherever you want
- grammar - whenever and no matter when - English Language Learners Stack . . .
I take the sentences 1b and 2b a step further compared to 1a and 2a "Whenever" means at any time, whereas the phrase "no matter when" is used to mean regardless of any situation or time or whatever the time or situation is or it will cause no problem to the speaker So I think "no matter when" is more emphatic and generous in offering the help
- Do if, when, and whenever all result in the same meaning here?
In your example text, if and when are equivalent, and the only difference is that whenever is a bit more "emphatic" (whatever that means in the specific context! :) Some people might think if is somewhat less emphatic (implying that new toys were bought less often than with when, whenever) –
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