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Carter Lee Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

How to interpret with whether word in the sentence?

Hi, I'm trying to interpret the below sentence. But I'm stuck at clause with whether.


How could be that sentence interpreted?

" I'm asking because today we're talking about age and whether you can be too old for some things."

  

Top answer

we're talking about ... " is being discussed.

  • we're talking about ...
  • " is being discussed.
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we're talking about ... whether you can be too old for some things

This means that the question "Can you be too old for some things?" is being discussed.

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Carter Leewhether

'whether' is about answering a question 'yes' or 'no'.

... we're talking about age and (about) whether you can be too old for some things.

~ ... we're talking about age and about the answer to the question "Can you be too old for some things?".

CJ

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