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Identity Actual Person Affect Situation Visit Region Risk

query
You use w______ to indicate that the actual identity of the person who does something will not affect a situation .You use whoever to indicate that the actual identity of the person who does something will not affect a situation .
You can have whoever you like to visit you.
Everybody who goes into this region, whoever they are, is at risk of being taken hostage.
word whoever
full-definition
conjunction
You use whoever to refer to someone when their identity is not yet known.
Whoever did this will sooner or later be caught and will be punished.
Whoever wins the election is going to have a tough job getting the economy back on its feet.
Ben, I want whoever's responsible to come forward.
You use whoever to indicate that the actual identity of the person who does something will not affect a situation .
You can have whoever you like to visit you.
Everybody who goes into this region, whoever they are, is at risk of being taken hostage.
adverb
You use whoever in questions as an emphatic way of saying 'who', usually when you are surprised about something.
Whoever thought up that joke?
Ridiculous! Whoever suggested such a thing?
cefr-level B2

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