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by Chinn_asama » Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:18 am
Hi there

Here is a sentence from an article. What is 'whatever the case' here? Is it a case of ellipsis?

Whatever the case, the alleged use of WMDs in Syria must not be made a pretext for illegal intervention

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:37 am
No, it is an introductory clause.
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by Chinn_asama » Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:19 pm
should not it be 'whatever may be the case'?
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by Chinn_asama » Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:40 am
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