Look if / whether

Hi.

You can use both of them.

It has nothing to do with the verb look. For other verbs we can also use both.

Cheers

AnonymousIs look followed by if or whether acceptable?
I will look if / whether the mailman has come yet.

You might hear these expressions in very informal situations but I would avoid them as they are non-standard.

There are cases where these two collocations are properly used but not as you suggest in your examples.

AnonymousIs look followed by if or whether acceptable?
I will look if / whether the mailman has come yet.

It seems peculiar to my ear. 'look and see' would be more idiomatic, I'd say.

I'll look and see if/whether the mailman has come yet.

CJ

Thank you for your reply, everyone.

Would you give me a typical example of look if or whether, MalRey?

AnonymousWould you give me a typical example of look if or whether, MalRey?

Can you tell from the way a couple look whether they are happy together?

Can I get the same look whether my hair is straight or curly?

How Would You Look if You Lost Weight?

Do Not Look If You are Easily Offended.

Thank you for the examples, MalRey.

But, I think that the examples that you provided are different from what I expected.

What I want to know is, like "see" or "ask" and so on, the verb "look" can be followed by "whether" or "if", where "whether" or "if" function as a direct object of the conjunction.

Anonymous"look" can be followed by "whether" or "if", where "whether" or "if" function as a direct object of the conjunction.

I claim it can't be done. Let's see if anyone can make a breakthrough and prove me wrong!

I think look as if is the closest you can get to look if.

look at whether might be possible.