I don't have whatever red pen.
Is the sentence correct, at least from the grammatical point of view?
Is it "I don't have whatever... xxx." correct or not?
Thank you!
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I don't have whatever red pen.
Is the sentence correct, at least from the grammatical point of view?
Is it "I don't have whatever... xxx." correct or not?
Thank you!
По-моему, нельзя, и даже не совсем понятно, что это должно значить. :? "У меня нет никакой красной ручки"?
I don't have whatever red pen -- неправильно.Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
I don't have whatever it takes to do this -- приемлемо.
В принципе некорректно, но вроде используется для усиления высказывания. «Нет у меня вообще никакой красной ручки».
I have no pen whatsoever
Оля wrote:
No, it is incorrect. Although whatever is used as an adjective in that sentence, something more is expected, such as: I don't have whatever red pen they are looking for. (correct).Quote:
I don't have whatever red pen.
Is the sentence correct, at least from the grammatical point of view?
Оля wrote:
It depends on ... xxx. In the following example whatever is used as a pronoun, and is correct: I don't have whatever you want.Quote:
Is it "I don't have whatever... xxx." correct or not?
А что вы хотите сказать по-русски?Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
Я просто хотела узнать, можно ли так сказать по-английски.Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
Нельзя так сказать.
Better not, but some squeaky close possibilities could be: (apart from nm's version)
I don't have whatever he has (disease, unidentifiable object he has)
I don't have whatever is in this box.
etc.
А-а, до меня наконец-то дошло, что Оля имела в виду!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
"У меня вообще нет красной ручки!" (without "никакой") is better, imho.
So... my guess:
У меня нет никакой красной ручки - I don't have any red pen
У меня вообще нет красной ручки - I have no red pen whatsoever
What do you think?
I don't have whatever pen you are looking for! So get out of my office.