[Grammar] Take whatever action is needed.

[kadioguy]

Take whatever action is needed.
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Which one is correct?

1. Take (verb)whatever action is needed (object).

2. Take whatever action(subject) is needed(verb).


Would you be so kind as to help me?
Thanks!

PS I also posted the same question on this, but all of your answers are unique to me. Hope we can discuss with each other. Thank you.

 

[Tarheel]

"Take whatever action is needed" is a complete sentence. Also, I am not sure what would follow that. Do you have any context?

 

[kadioguy]

It is a example sentence in the OALD online.

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/whatever_1?q=whatever

whatever
determiner,pronoun
any or every; anything or everything

Take whatever action is needed.

 

[GoesStation]

Take whatever action is needed.
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Which one is correct?

1. Take (verb)whatever action is needed (object).

2. Take whatever action(subject) is needed(verb).

I'm pretty sure both analyses are incomplete.

 

[kadioguy]

I'm pretty sure both analyses are incomplete.

Would you please tell me your analyses?

 

[Matthew Wai]

1. Take (verb)whatever action is needed (object).

I think the blue part is a noun clause, where 'whatever action' and 'is needed' are the subject and the finite verb respectively.