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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Can the semicolon replace or?

Whether you are dead or whether you are alive doesn't matter.

Whether you are dead; whether you are alive doesn't matter.

Can the semicolon replace "or"?
  

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Hi, Whether you are dead or whether you are alive doesn't matter. Whether you are dead; whether you are alive doesn't matter. Can the semicolon replace "or"?

— Clive

  • Hi, Whether you are dead or whether you are alive doesn't matter.
  • Whether you are dead; whether you are alive doesn't matter.
  • Can the semicolon replace "or"?
  • No.
  • First, 'whether you are dead' would need to be able to function as a complete sentence.
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Hi,
Whether you are dead or whether you are alive doesn't matter.

Whether you are dead; whether you are alive doesn't matter.

Can the semicolon replace "or"?

No.
First, 'whether you are dead' would need to be able to function as a complete sentence. It isn't one.

Second,a semi-colon does not mean 'or'.

Clive
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