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Newguest Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
whether/if
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Are these two words always interchangeable?
1. I wonder if they will ever do it.
2. I wonder whether they will ever do it.
thanks
Are these two words always interchangeable?
1. I wonder if they will ever do it.
2. I wonder whether they will ever do it.
thanks
Top answer
Most of the time. It is better for you to search them on the search box right above because this has been discussed before.
- Most of the time.
- It is better for you to search them on the search box right above because this has been discussed before.
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Most of the time.
It is better for you to search them on the search box right above because this has been discussed before.
It is better for you to search them on the search box right above because this has been discussed before.
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No.
For example, you cannot use 'whether' in the following conditional sentences:
If I won the lottery, I would buy a yacht.
If it is sunny tomorrow, we are going to go on a picnic.
The word 'whether' suggests 'or not'.
For example, you cannot use 'whether' in the following conditional sentences:
If I won the lottery, I would buy a yacht.
If it is sunny tomorrow, we are going to go on a picnic.
The word 'whether' suggests 'or not'.
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But isn't if you used is a different one than we use interchangably with whether?
Another question: Did you understand what I asked?
Another question: Did you understand what I asked?
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Hi Doll
I understood Newguest's question to be whether the words 'if' and 'whether' are always interchangeable. And my response to that was that they are not. My examples were of conditional sentences in which you cannot exchange 'whether' for 'if'.
Here is another sentence:
Whether or not it is sunny tomorrow, we are going to go on a picnic.
I understood Newguest's question to be whether the words 'if' and 'whether' are always interchangeable. And my response to that was that they are not. My examples were of conditional sentences in which you cannot exchange 'whether' for 'if'.
Here is another sentence:
Whether or not it is sunny tomorrow, we are going to go on a picnic.
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