咕嘰媽媽的新旅程

剛備完課，趁著還記得的時候趕緊寫下來，這樣印象才深刻 :P (來源：旋元佑文法書)

一般學生應該都記得 whatever = no matter what; whoever = no matter who; whenever = no matter when...，但什麼時候它們之間的等號會變成≠呢？

偷雞摸狗的方式：請判斷包含wh+ever這個詞的句子之外，有沒有另一個「主要子句」，有的話可以和 no matter wh- 代換，沒有的話就不行。（所謂主要子句就是你主要想表達的事情，例如：Although this teacher is a little serious, I like his class. 句中主要想表達的事情就是 "I like his class"，"although this teahcer is a little serious"則表示讓步，類似額外告訴別人的資訊。）

Ex:

1) Whatever you said, it dosen't matter. 有主要子句 "it doesn't matter to me"，可以代換。

                                     S.              V.        (主要子句)

= It doesn't matter whatever you said.

= No matter what you said, it doesn't matter to me.

2) I won't believe whatever you said. 沒有其它主要子句，不能代換。

    S             V       [         O.               ]  已為一完整子句

微什麼微什麼？

因為第一句的whatever引導的是副詞子句，修飾主要子句 "it doesn't matter to me"；第二句的whatever you said則是believe的受詞，是關係子句省略先行詞後的名詞子句，寫完整一點就是：

I won't believe the things which you said.

如果將句子寫成

I won't believe no matter what you said.

按照believe當及物動詞（相信）的用法，其後必須有受詞，若將 whatever you said 改寫成副詞子句 no matter what you said，believe就沒有受詞，文法上當然不允許囉！

換個寫法：

No matter what you said, I won't believe it.

[           副詞子句             ] [S           V          O ]

                                          主要子句

believe後有it當受詞，no matter what + you said 維持它副詞子句的身分，就是OK的喔。

以上報告！