MSN: Quote of the day by Napoleon Hill: 'Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve'
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Today's quote of the day, which is widely attributed to Napoleon Hill, highlights the power of the mind – how one's mindset shapes the ...
Quote of the day by Napoleon Hill: 'Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve'
If you go into a public library, you can borrow whatever you want - any book, or any of the videos or CDs if they have them. If you're given a choice of a dozen books, you can borrow whichever you like of that given group. Both words are correct there, but 'whichever' has more of a definite group in mind, whereas 'whatever' is more open.
The American Heritage Dictionary seems to allow both: Both whatever and what ever may be used in sentences such as Whatever (or What ever) made her say that? Critics have occasionally objected to the one-word form, but many respected writers have used it. The same is true of the forms whoever, whenever, wherever, and however.
Which sentence is right? I don´t mind, do whatever you want. I don´t mind, do whatever you want to. I don´t mind, do whatever you wanto to do. There are many sentences in which I don´t know if I should use "to" after "want". And here: I have to go to school but I don´t want I have to go to...