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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Grammatical?

Hi.

I don’t know whether I will get the job or whether I will like it after I get it.

I don’t know whether I will get the job or I will like it after I get it.

Are both the above sentences grammatical?

Are they both complex sentences?

Is whether...or a correlative conjunction?

  

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Persian Learner I don’t know whether I will get the job or whether I will like it after I get it. OK Basic structure: I don't know ( A ) or ( B ). Whether is the conjunction that introduces the clauses.

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  • Persian Learner I don’t know whether I will get the job or whether I will like it after I get it.
  • OK Basic structure: I don't know ( A ) or ( B ).
  • Whether is the conjunction that introduces the clauses.
  • This sentence is also OK.
  • I don’t know whether I will get the job (or not).
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Persian LearnerI don’t know whether I will get the job or whether I will like it after I get it.

OK

Basic structure: I don't know ( A ) or ( B ).

Whether is the conjunction that introduces the clauses. This sentence is also OK.

I don’t know whether I will get the job (or not).

Persian Learner
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Persian LearnerAre both the above sentences grammatical?

The first is all right. The second is "borderline grammatical". It's rather awkward, I'd say. The "stem" (with the auxiliary verb) is usually omitted after 'or':

whether I'll [go out to eat or stay home]
whether I should [wait longer or give up]
whether he has [real
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