#2 (permalink) Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:16 am Whatsoever |
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Hi Strawberry,
You have to look at this sentence in the context of the little story I've written. George has signed a contract agreeing not to eat meat of any kind. The emphasis is on the meat - in other words no meat at all of any kind. That's why it should be no meat whatsoever. If you said howsoever, you would be referring to the verb eat and the manner in which he would eat it and that's not the meaning intended.
Alan _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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