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Taka Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Whether

You should do what you really want (to do) and enjoy your life, whether it's drinking or playing or loving someone.

DIctionaries say it's 'whether A or B' or 'whether A or not'. I wonder if it's OK for 'whether' to have more than two items as above. Does it work?
  

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Hi, I think some people might object, but this usage seems to me well-established, and the meaning seems clear. Clive

  • Hi, I think some people might object, but this usage seems to me well-established, and the meaning seems clear.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I think some people might object, but this usage seems to me well-established, and the meaning seems clear.

Clive
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Good.

Clive, if the second 'or' were omitted as:

You should do what you really want (to do) and enjoy your life, whether it's drinking, playing or loving someone.

would it still work?
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Hi,

Yes. But I prefer the first version.

Clive
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OK. Thanks, Clive!

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