Comments on: Whether Or Not? http://www.writingproblems.net/word-choice/whether-or-not Simple, clear help for your writing problems Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:27:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.writingproblems.net/word-choice/whether-or-not/comment-page-1#comment-56 admin Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:13:01 +0000 http://www.writingproblems.net/word-choice/whether-or-not#comment-56 Alex: Thanks for your comment. You raise an issue for another post: use fewer syllables! I'd choose "if" over "whether" wherever it didn't make the sentence stilted or awkward. Alex: Thanks for your comment. You raise an issue for another post: use fewer syllables! I’d choose “if” over “whether” wherever it didn’t make the sentence stilted or awkward.

]]> By: Alex http://www.writingproblems.net/word-choice/whether-or-not/comment-page-1#comment-53 Alex Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:08:13 +0000 http://www.writingproblems.net/word-choice/whether-or-not#comment-53 (This comment will be filled with problems that I do not know about yet. Please, have patience.) I would consider optionally dropping "whether" from "whether or not". "If" works, and carries none of the catchphrase burden of "whether". (This comment will be filled with problems that I do not know about yet. Please, have patience.)

I would consider optionally dropping “whether” from “whether or not”. “If” works, and carries none of the catchphrase burden of “whether”.

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