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Alex John Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Making question

Hello guys. Please guide me how to ask question by IF or WHETHER. What's the difference between them, at all?
  

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Alex John how to ask question by IF or WHETHER You can't ask a (direct) question with those words. They are used instead to introduce indirect (embedded) questions related to direct yes-no questions. Is Lucy ready to go?

— CalifJim

  • Alex John how to ask question by IF or WHETHER You can't ask a (direct) question with those words.
  • They are used instead to introduce indirect (embedded) questions related to direct yes-no questions.
  • Is Lucy ready to go?
  • ) (direct yes-no question) Somebody asked me [if /whether] Lucy was ready to go.
  • (sentence containing an indirect question) I don't know [if / whether] Lucy is ready to go.
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Alex Johnhow to ask question by IF or WHETHER
You can't ask a (direct) question with those words. They are used instead to introduce indirect (embedded) questions related to direct yes-no questions.

Is Lucy ready to go? ('Yes' or 'No'?) (direct yes-no question)

Somebody asked me [if /whether] Lucy was ready to go. (sen
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