Any cake / whichever cake

You can take any cake you want and leave the rest to John.

You can take whichever cake you want and leave the rest to John.


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I want to know whether the two means the same. Thank you.

I'm sure they both mean the same, but I would finish your sentence by saying, 'leave the rest for John'.

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Originally Posted by indonesia

I'm sure they both mean the same, but I would finish your sentence by saying, 'leave the rest for John'.

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Thank you. One more question, can we use 'the others' to replace 'the rest' if there are quite a few cakes?

I think you can use either 'the rest' or 'the others'. They both mean 'what's left'.