Whether this or that?
Are the following grammatically correct? If both are correct, when shall we use one not the other?
Whether swimming or tennis, I like both.
Be it swimming or tennis, I like both.
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It seems more logical to me to use "either" in these sentences, rather than "both". However, in normal reading I think "both" certainly may not leap out as an error. Both sentences feel like written sentences rather than colloquial.
- It seems more logical to me to use "either" in these sentences, rather than "both".
- However, in normal reading I think "both" certainly may not leap out as an error.
- Both sentences feel like written sentences rather than colloquial.
- The second could seem a bit more formal than the first.
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It seems more logical to me to use "either" in these sentences, rather than "both". However, in normal reading I think "both" certainly may not leap out as an error. Both sentences feel like written sentences rather than colloquial. The second could seem a bit more formal than the first.
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