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Antonis M. Posted 9 years ago
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Either if or if either?

I don't care about what people say, either if they are on the internet or in real life. They just want to affect my personality.


I don't care about what people say, if they are either on the internet or in real life. They just want to affect my personality.

  

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In this case, neither. " I don't care about what people say, whether they are on the internet or in real life. You can't use "either" because you are talking about two different subject.

  • In this case, neither.
  • " I don't care about what people say, whether they are on the internet or in real life.
  • You can't use "either" because you are talking about two different subject.
  • 1) people saying something, 2) people being on the internet or in real life.
  • To combine them you would need to change the basic thought: I don't care what people say, either when they are on the internet or when they are talking in real life.
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In this case, neither. You should use "whether."

I don't care about what people say, whether they are on the internet or in real life.

You can't use "either" because you are talking about two different subject. 1) people saying something, 2) people being on the internet or in real life. To combine them you would need to change the basic thought:

I don't care wh

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