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Could someone please help me with these conjunctions?
I have encountered with the usage of "whether" and "if" in both formal and colloquial language many times and moreover, I have seen in American English people use "or not" at the end and even sometimes in the middle of the sentences along wit...
What is he asking? (I'm not sure what he is asking.)
But I don't want to be mean by voting to close based on "unclear what you're asking".
I might need to analyze the question a bit.
> Could someone please help me with these conjunctions?
= I need help on the "if/whether" usage.
> I have encountered with the usage of "whether" and "if" in both formal and colloquial language many times and moreover, I have seen in American English people use "or not" at the end and even sometimes in the middle of the sentences along with either "whether" or "if".
= I've seen that in AmE, people use "if/whether ... or not".
+ sometimes "or not" is in the middle of sentence (Whuh?)
> Example sentence: We discussed whether/if we should close the shop or not.
> I think aside form the way they are used, technically we can use "if not" or the second option only with "whether".
? Is "if not" a typo of "or not"?
? (Is he asking/assuming that ...) we can use "or not" only with "whether"?
> Meanwhile I am sure "whether" is more formal than "if" and using "if" in writing sounds a bit silly.
* It would be better if he presents some evidence to support the idea.
> The problem is that Ihave seen for many times correct written English by famous writers is full of examples of I doubt if... to mean I think it unlikely that...
= I've seen many writers wrote "I doubt if ..." -- He better provide some evidence/examples.
> Then I doubt that "if" is formal or informal?!
* Is this the real question of the question? -- It looks like a question.
* But if this is a question, then the title should be about if, not whether; And it should be asking about the formally of the if usage.
* Probably changing the title to "Can we use 'whether/if' with 'or not'?" + "Is using 'if' formal or informal?" might help.
When we italicize text with the dot (.) or period symbol, does it actually change the (.).
So, is
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different from
.
Can anyone tell which of them is italicized? And same way for capitalization.
. different from .
Does it matters?
P.S. I am not sure if I should ask this here, ...
Would anybody please explain the difference between these?
A government whose object is good for people.
A government whose objective is good for people.
Is there a difference between these two words when they are used as a noun?
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And, these Descriptions belong to Dictionary L...
