Timeline for Use of "whether" without "or not"
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| Jan 1, 2016 at 17:48 | comment | added | stangdon | Adding or leaving out "or not" doesn't change the meaning. We usually leave it off if the meaning is clear without it. For example: "Are we going to make apple pie today?" "That depends on whether we can get apples at the store." Leaving off "or not" is perfectly normal, because it's the obvious alternative: we can either get apples or not. | |
| Jan 1, 2016 at 17:12 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | As far as I know, when whether works roughly as a two-choice if, we can drop or nor. However, we don't normally drop the or part when it means "it doesn't matter (whether ... or ...)”. | |
| Jan 1, 2016 at 16:50 | answer | added | Larry J. | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 1, 2016 at 14:02 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 1, 2016 at 9:26 | history | asked | user17969 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |