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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Whether/if
Please read:
1. I asked him whether he had done all the work himself or whether he had had any assistance.
2. I asked him whether he had done all the work himself or he had had any assistance.
3. I asked him if he had done all the work himself or if he had had any assistance.
4. I asked him if he had done all the work himself or he had had any assistance.
I think all are correct? Am I right?
Quoc
1. I asked him whether he had done all the work himself or whether he had had any assistance.
2. I asked him whether he had done all the work himself or he had had any assistance.
3. I asked him if he had done all the work himself or if he had had any assistance.
4. I asked him if he had done all the work himself or he had had any assistance.
I think all are correct? Am I right?
Quoc
Top answer
Yea. In sentence #2, after the first 'whether', the second one is implied. In sentence #4, after the first 'had', the second one is implied.
- Yea.
- In sentence #2, after the first 'whether', the second one is implied.
- In sentence #4, after the first 'had', the second one is implied.
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Yea. In sentence #2, after the first 'whether', the second one is implied.
In sentence #4, after the first 'had', the second one is implied.
In sentence #4, after the first 'had', the second one is implied.
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No,
In my grammar book, they say we need to repeat the word "if" and "whether". In case of no repitition, that is wrong in grammar.
Is that right?
Quoc
In my grammar book, they say we need to repeat the word "if" and "whether". In case of no repitition, that is wrong in grammar.
Is that right?
Quoc
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