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Which is correct?
・Whether SV or not.
・Whether or not SV.
Nov 17, 2018 9:39 AM
Answers · 16
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Both are fine. For short sentences, "whether SV or not" is more common.
"Whether you want to study or not, you have to do it."
If "SV" is longer, we will often use "whether or not SV" to make the structure clearer:
"I cannot fix this thing. Whether or not I hold the valve closed while I turn the wingnut on the lower left hand side of the air chute, the indicator light doesn't engage. I don't know what to do."
November 17, 2018
2
Both are incorrect because they are incomprehensible as they are written.
November 17, 2018
1
"Whether SV or not." because it marks the contrast.
ciao
November 17, 2018
Mr.Gary!
S=subject
V=verb
November 17, 2018
What do you mean by SV?
November 17, 2018
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