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Kumenglish Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Whether or that will be

I forgot to ask him whether it will be audio or video call meeting tomorrow.

I forgot to ask him that will be audio or video call meeting tomorrow.

Please check these sentences. Which one is appropriate "whether or that will be"?

  

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Neither! You need the article "an" before "audio": [1] I forgot to ask him [ whether it will be an audio or video call meeting tomorrow ] . [2] * I forgot to ask him [ that will be an audio or video call meeting tomorrow ] .

— BillJ

  • Neither!
  • You need the article "an" before "audio": [1] I forgot to ask him [ whether it will be an audio or video call meeting tomorrow ] .
  • [2] * I forgot to ask him [ that will be an audio or video call meeting tomorrow ] .
  • Only [1] is correct.
  • [2] is wrong because a declarative content clause ( that clause) cannot satisfy the complement requirements of the verb "ask", which here requires an interrogative content clause, as in [1].
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Neither! You need the article "an" before "audio":

[1] I forgot to ask him [whether it will be an audio or video call meeting tomorrow].

[2] *I forgot to ask him [that will be an audio or video call meeting tomorrow].


Only [1] is correct.

[2] is wrong because a declarative content clause (tha

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