Talk:whether

2007

I don't get it yet. -Edbrown05 10:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I shouldn't be have to trying, it should hit me right over the head what "whether" means. -Edbrown05 11:28, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Is that any better? SemperBlotto 11:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Much better, thank you! -Edbrown05 23:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Whether vs if

Could someone please explain me when exactly to use whether and when if? Unfortunately, we have the same word for them in Hungarian. Thanks in advance, Ferike333 19:47, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

+ -ed verbs

in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 88,

if took could be the realisation of either a preterite or an irrealis, there'd be no way of telling in cases like [29ii] (If he took the 
later plane  tonight he wouldn’t have to rush) whether it corresponded to was or to were.

BTW, What two meanings (or conditionals as taught in ELT) does the sentence 29ii have? tonight wouldn't show up in both, and the apodoses would be different too --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:52, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Got 'em still on the fence whether to picket

Like a magician, critics I turn to crickets
Got 'em still on the fence whether to picket
But quick to get it impaled when I tell 'em, "Stick it!"

What meaning is used here? --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:13, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

issue whether

According to Garner's fourth edition,

Although issue whether is typically better, issue of whether has certain justifiable uses in which of is obligatory, usually when issue is modified by an adjective.

What are those justifiable uses? Secondly, why does an adjective make of obligatory? --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:23, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

whether or no

1. used as a conjunction as a variant of whether
2. under any circumstances: he will be here tomorrow, whether or no 

What meaning(s) of whether would whether or no be a variant of? --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:49, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

WHETHER https://oed.com/oed2/00284376 , IF https://oed.com/oed2/00111435 --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:56, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Usage note: “He’s coming, regardless of whether you like it”

Isn't “He’s coming, regardless of whether you like it” another wording? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:41, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

whether or not

Perhaps a usage note saying that this phraseology is seen as redundant by grammar people? --Geographyinitiative (talk) 18:18, 29 March 2022 (UTC)