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Good Morning,

I seem to remember my primary school teacher advising students to avoid the word 'wherever' as in a destination. For example, Wherever you want to go in Canada. She suggested we search for alternatives, such as, Decide where you'd like to go in Canada. Is this correct?

In the same vain, what about the word whatever? As in whatever item you want to buy?

Thanks kindly.
kim
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"Wherever" and "whatever" are fully acceptable words in standard English. I am not aware of any situations where their use would not be appropriate. However, "Wherever you want to go in Canada," is a sentence fragment, so perhaps that's what the teacher was trying to avoid. But, "Wherever you want to go in Canada is fine with me" is a complete sentence, and a perfectably acceptable use of the word.

By the way, it's "in the same vein," not "vain." Smile [:)]
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