whatever 引导从句时是不是必须用在“非肯定语句”中

看到曹荣禄老师在一个问答中提到whatever 引导从句时必须用在“非肯定语句”中（网址：https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/30389）如：

Whatever happens makes us worried.（误）

makes us worried为肯定语境，用非肯定词为错误。所以谓语应加情态动词表示可能性，改为非肯定语境。

Whatever happens can makes us worried.（正）

但是我发现 whatever 经常用于“肯定语境”下啊，如：

Collecting as a serious hobby is quite different and has many advantages. It provides relaxation for leisure hours, as just looking at one's treasures is always a joy. One does not have to go outside for amusement, since the collection is housed at home. Whatever it consists of , stamps, records, first editions of books, china, glass, antique furniture, pictures, model cars, stuffed birds, toy animals, there is always something to do in connection with it ——《新概念英语》

Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory. ——《新概念英语》

还有这篇文章里的例句：http://www.yygrammar.com/Article/201212/3128.html

还是想再次确认一下， whatever 引导从句时是不是必须用在“非肯定语句”中呢？

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最佳答案 2021-09-10 19:55

你的误解在于你以为肯定句就是肯定语境，这种认识是错误的。你的新概念的二个例句都是what引导让步从句，无论是什么，即可以是A，也可以是B、C、D。并不确定，这就是非肯定语境。这种让步从句如果用正式语体，就需要情态动词may, 表示非肯定。在早期英语要用动词原型式的虚拟语气，表示未必是事实。whatever=anything that, everything that, 具体是哪个并不确定，即非肯定。为什么anything，everything叫做不定代词，道理就是语法上它们是单数，具体是其中哪一个并不确定。

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whatever 引导从句时是不是必须用在“非肯定语句”中

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