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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Whether if

I am now waiting to hear from Rob whether I have to draw a whole new picture or if I can make changes to the original.

I am now waiting to hear from Rob whether I have to draw a whole new picture or whether I can make changes to the original.

I am now waiting to hear from Rob whether I have to draw a whole new picture or I can make changes to the original.

Which of these are correct and why?

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Hard to say. and keep in mind that we are concerned with 'correctness' - at this level - only when composing. I am now waiting to hear from Rob whether to draw a whole new picture or just make changes to the original.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hard to say.
  • and keep in mind that we are concerned with 'correctness' - at this level - only when composing.
  • I am now waiting to hear from Rob whether to draw a whole new picture or just make changes to the original.
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Hard to say. I'm sure that they are uttered, but they all seem awkward when composing...and keep in mind that we are concerned with 'correctness' - at this level - only when composing.

I am now waiting to hear from Rob whether to draw a whole new picture or just make changes to the original.
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Could you say why they are incorrect? The first, I understand to be incorrect, by using whether and if. But the other two...
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I did not say that any were incorrect; I said that all were awkward. There are elements of redundancy or unparallelism in all of them.
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