wherever/everywhere
Kiss-Losso
Can someone tell me the difference between the two words?
(everywhere/wherever)
Thanks.
Suzie
Roger Standing
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Kiss-Losso <kiss-...@home.com> wrote in message
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The first means in all places. The second means one certain place
Examples
There are people everywhere, in all places.
Wherever you are ......well, you can only be in one place.
Roger
Meg Dea Vail
Roger Standing wrote in message <80a398$j34$1...@bw107zhb.bluewin.ch>...
I'll add to Roger's comments this: *wherever* is followed by something
defining the place *where*, express or implied.
Wherever you like.
Wherever the grass grows.
Wherever she lives.
Try replacing "wherever" with " in the place that..."
Hope that helps.
Meg
Einde O'Callaghan
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> Hi,
> Can someone tell me the difference between the two words?
> (everywhere/wherever)
> Thanks.
"Everywhere" is an adverb of place meanign roughly "in all places".
"Wherever" is a relative adverb connecting a relative clause with
another clause meaning roughly "in any place (it doesn't matter where),
where". It is related to other words like: "however", "whoever",
"whichever" and "whenever". To quote Michael Swan, "Practical English
Usage" (2nd Edition), Entry 596, p. 622: "A word of this kind has a has
a double function, like a relative pronoun or adverb ...: it acts as a
subject, object or adverb in its own clause, but it also acts as a
conjunction, joining its clause to the rest of the sentence."
Examples may make it clearer:
1) "I looked everywhere for the book but I couldn't find it."
2) "You can get this book wherever you can buy good literature."
There are one or two meanings where the two words can overlap.
You might not have had to ask this question if you had consulted a good
bilingual dictionary before you posted. On the other hand, if your
native language is one of the Asian languages perhaps you don't have
words that exactly fit these categories in your language.
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