
Originally Posted by
youngbut
I think in your sentnce whichever works like 'any'. In fact, I think 'any' contains a concessive meaning in itself. But any can not make the following structure by itself: Whichever(or whoever) try to fail the project will get the curse.
As a non-native English speaker, I also wonder how differently native speakers feel about 'Anyone who try to fail' and 'Whoever try to fail'. Anyway at a sight 'whoever' is shorter than 'anyone who'. So, I suppose as a human being, we all prefer a short version in live conversations and that is why English needs whoever/whichever in addition to anyone/any thing. But I don't know well they have a different connotaion.
I hope my thread have made any little help for you.
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