I mean, you have whoever, whatever, whenever, wherever, and however. Why not whyever? Why?
2007-10-09 07:54:03 · 9 answers · asked by Brandon's been a dirty Hore 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Linz: My thinking, exactly.
2007-10-09 07:59:23 · update #1
Works for me, Soc. I go about as deep as a toddlers Jordans.
2007-10-09 08:08:11 · update #2
Joe: If I used 'whyever' during interview, it'd be a non-starter.
Honcho: So, why do you want to work for our firm?
Me: Your company's philosophies and aspirations seem to mirror my own. I'd like to be a part of this and will do all that I can to accomplish this by accepting any duties you might bestow, whyever you need them performed.
Honcho: You have five minutes to leave the building...
2007-10-09 08:33:58 · update #3
Great question. Im taking a stab in the dark here: maybe because WHO, WHAT, WHERE, & WHEN all deal with something real/tangible, while WHY does not....
Ah heck, that was a bad attempt...
2007-10-09 08:03:10 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Whyever is a real word... At least according to the Merriam dictionary. However, you can still only use it in a question "unlike whoever, whatever, whenever, wherever, and however." Shame it's underlined in red on Yahoo.
drshorty, I'm a linguist too. According to linguistics, anything is a word in a said language as long as the people who speak the language implement it. In our day and age, whyever isn't used very often, but most native speakers (at least in my area of the US) would understand if someone said "whyever do people no longer say whyever?"
2015-02-12 16:47:30 · answer #2 · answered by priyabansal11 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whyever not? I think we should all lobby the OED and have them do something about it.
2007-10-09 07:58:04 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Whyever would you think it wasn't?
2007-10-09 08:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why did you do that>. Whyever. Should be allowed as a response . It seems to me.
2015-08-28 05:52:07 · answer #5 · answered by Louis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ack! Good point! I don't know. If you use it, I won't think you are a moron. I'll think of you as an innovator :o)
2007-10-09 07:56:52 · answer #6 · answered by Linz ♥ VT 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are absolutely right. This is a case of "verbal discrimination."
2007-10-09 08:01:09 · answer #7 · answered by picador 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
EXCELLENT question! I've never thought about it, but there is a gap there. How fun!
2007-10-09 07:59:42 · answer #8 · answered by drshorty 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
So-crates is a friggin' genius.
2007-10-09 08:14:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋