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by: arthurvv vart - Thu, 23 Nov 2023 04:38 UTC

1) Say anything and Tom will disagree with you.
2) Say whatever and Tom will disagree with you.

3) If she asks you a question, just say anything.
4) If she asks you a question, just say whatever.

Are '2' and '4' grammatical?
If they are, do they mean the same as '1' and '3'
respectively?

Gratefully,
Navi

Lost in the Twilight Zone of the English language
Interested in structures on the margins of grammaticality
Obsessed with ambiguity

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by: arthurvv vart - Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:28 UTC

On Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 8:38:59 PM UTC-8, arthurvv vart wrote:
> 1) Say anything and Tom will disagree with you.
> 2) Say whatever and Tom will disagree with you.
>
> 3) If she asks you a question, just say anything.
> 4) If she asks you a question, just say whatever.
>
> Are '2' and '4' grammatical?
> If they are, do they mean the same as '1' and '3'
> respectively?
>
> Gratefully,
> Navi
>
> Lost in the Twilight Zone of the English language
> Interested in structures on the margins of grammaticality
> Obsessed with ambiguity

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. -- Homer

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