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Dovent Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Noun clause question

Question:

"....... you buy your insurance plans could significantly affect how much more or how much less you will pay for your coverage next year"

A) whether

B) where

Answer is "B". Can you expain why?

Thank you.

  

Top answer

Where you buy your insurance plans could significantly affect how much more or how much less you will pay for your coverage next year. A) whether Where you buy your insurance plans means The place where you buy your insurance plans eg If you buy car insurance in a place where there is only one car, it will cost less than if you buy it in a place where there are a million cars. This is correct grammar and makes sense.

— Clive

  • Where you buy your insurance plans could significantly affect how much more or how much less you will pay for your coverage next year.
  • A) whether Where you buy your insurance plans means The place where you buy your insurance plans eg If you buy car insurance in a place where there is only one car, it will cost less than if you buy it in a place where there are a million cars.
  • This is correct grammar and makes sense.
  • Whether you buy your insurance plans could significantly affect how much more or how much less you will pay for your coverage next year.
  • This is correct grammar but does not make sense.
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Where you buy your insurance plans could significantly affect how much more or how much less you will pay for your coverage next year.

A) whether

Where you buy your insurance plans means The place where you buy your insurance planseg If you buy car insurance in a place where there is only one car, it will cost less than if you buy it in a place where there are

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doventWhether you buy your insurance plans could significantly affect how much ... you will pay ...

This is trivially true. 'whether' is similar to 'if'.

If you buy insurance, of course you will pay something.
If you don't buy insurance, of course you will pay nothing.
Something is always more than n

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Whether / where you buy your insurance plans could significantly affect how much more or how much less you will pay for your coverage next year.


There is a test that can be performed to determine which one, if any, is correct.

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