【问】 whatever与whatsoever的意义和用法是否相同?
 【答】 whatsoever是whatever的强调形式，并且比较正式，大都用来加强否定句的语气，其作用相当于at all。
 1. A： Did she have an excuse for being late?
 她来晚有什么借口吗?
 B： None at all/what(so)ever.
 没有任何借口。
 2. On including communists in the new cabinet，Mandela said we must make no distinctionamong the conservatives who believe in the capitalist system and those who believe inthe Communist Party，no distinction whatsoever. (NEWSWEEK)
 关于把共产党人包括在新内阁中的问题，曼德拉说我们必须对信仰资本主义的保守派和那些信仰共产党的人一视同仁，对任何人一视同仁。(新闻周刊)(译文引自《现代英语报刊阅读词典》)
 3. I have no money whatsoever. (LDAE)
 我一点儿钱也没有。
 此外，whatever在肯定句中用作定语时，一般放在它所修饰的名词之前：
 1. Give me whatever books you have on the subject. (ALD)
 把你的有关这方面的书都给我。
 2. I used whatever tools were available .(《韦氏词典》，电子版)
 凡是能弄到的工具我都用上了。
 3. She would tell him whatever news she got. (Sinclair)
 不管她得到什么消息，都愿意告诉他。
 请与加强否定的whatever的位置进行对比：
 1. You have no excuse whatever. (CGEL)
 你没有任何借口。
 2. They had no doubt whatever about it.
 他们对于这一点没有任何怀疑。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 “What do you think about John? ” “ He has no sense________ . ”
 A. no matter what B. what C. nevertheless D. whatsoever(TOEFL，72. 3)