Analysis-whether
Hi.
What's the form and function of the boldfaced and underlined parts in the following sentences?
1) [Whether he gets the money] doesn't concern me.
2) Do you know [whether he will get the money]?
3) The question is [whether he will get the money].
My book identifies all of them as introductory conjunctions that introduce the underlined noun clauses.
I think that analysis is wrong since they could be preceded by 'that' as a conjunction-- permitting two conjunctions in a clause!
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Yes, it's a conjunction. But you can't precede it by 'that'.
- Yes, it's a conjunction.
- But you can't precede it by 'that'.
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The bracketed expressions in all your examples are subordinate interrogative clauses (embedded questions) introduced by the interrogative subordinator "whether".
You've asked this same question several times before and always got the same answer. What is it that is causing you so much concern?
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