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What is the difference between Would you do whatever it takes to stay with her? and Would you do whatever to stay with her? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Would you do whatever it takes to stay with her? and Would you do whatever to stay with her? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Sort of, it depends on how you say it.
Whatever it takes – it is impossible to misunderstand this. You will do anything – absolutely anything.
But if you just say – whatever – that could literally mean, like, whatever… If you say it the wrong way, it could distort the meaning completely.
That is why I gave the answer that I did.
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The second one is simply a lazy, slangy contraction of the first one. It sounds terrible – why not just say the first one, and be clearly understood?
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@joe1888
Sort of, it depends on how you say it.
Whatever it takes – it is impossible to misunderstand this. You will do anything – absolutely anything.
But if you just say – whatever – that could literally mean, like, whatever… If you say it the wrong way, it could distort the meaning completely.
That is why I gave the answer that I did.
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