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different between "if" and "wether" Which cases we use "if" and "whether"
Aug 2, 2015 5:19 PM
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You already corrected your spelling, and "wether" is a very obscure word--but it is a real word. Many native speakers would not know it unless they were farmers. A "wether" is a castrated sheep. There is also a word "bellwether" which is fairly common. It was customary for flocks of sheep to have a leader who was usually a wether, and wore a bell around his neck. By extension a "bellwether" is someone who is in the lead of popular opinion. "The State of Maine was once regarded as a bellwether of political opinion: 'as Maine goes, so goes the nation.'"
August 2, 2015
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