What does whether or not Mean?

What does whether or not Mean?

used for saying that it is not important which of two possibilities is true: Whether or not you like it, I’m going out tonight. Whether he wants to or not, he’ll have to clean his room.

Can we use whether and if together?

The formal rule is to use “if” when you have a conditional sentence and “whether” when you are showing that two alternatives are possible. Some examples will make this more clear. Here’s an example where the two words could be interchangeable: Squiggly didn’t know whether Aardvark would arrive Friday.

What should I use instead of whether?

In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for whether, like: either, if, even-if, in-case, if it follows that, doubt, so-long-as, as-long-as, because, wherever and that.

What should I say instead of whether or not?

Whether or not synonyms

• whether. If.
• in-any-case. Surely.
• yes-or-no. If.
• if (related) If.
• positively. Surely.
• whichever. If.
• certainly. Surely.
• surely (related) Surely.

  What does ” I’m not sure that / whether ” mean?

  1.I’m not sure that she is honest. 2. I’m not sure whether/ she is honest. 3. I’m sure that she is honest. 4. I’m sure whether she is honest. I want to know if there any differences between 1 and 2.

  Can you use no matter whether in a sentence?

  Can we use “no matter whether” as in “When you try to recall your own past, you realize you have learned a lot through experience no matter whether the experience brought you failure or success, sorrow or happiness”, which is taken from an English writing coursebook compiled by several Chinese university teachers.

  When to use irrespective of whether instead of ” no matter whether “?

  But if it’s a redundancy, doesn’t “irrespective of whether” (in the aforementioned sentence) sound like a redundancy, too (because using “whether” suffices to convey the idea) ? Should I just use “no matter” or “whether”, instead of “no matter whether”, in sentences of this type? Or either way is OK?

  Is the conclusion holds true no matter what?

  The conclusion holds true no matter the proof is carried out through this formulation or that formulation. – You can’t say this. It is grammatically incorrect. Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language Learners Stack Exchange!

  1.I’m not sure that she is honest. 2. I’m not sure whether/ she is honest. 3. I’m sure that she is honest. 4. I’m sure whether she is honest. I want to know if there any differences between 1 and 2.

  Which is correct no matter whether or whether?

  No matter whether it is a good book, I will not read it. Whether it is a good book, I will not read it. can we switch between “no matter whether” and “whether”? No matter whether it is a good book, I will not read it. Whether it is a good book or not, I will not read it.

  What is another word for not sure about?

  What is another word for not sure? not sure. Adjective. Wavering in one’s opinion. on the fence. ambivalent. borderline. debatable. divided.

  Is the word’no matter’required in English?

  no matter is not necessarily required, presumably because whether can function like if, e.g. “Whether Mary buys a dog or a cat, I’ll throw it away”. But I would say you seem to be assuming that “redundancy” is somehow undesirable. I’d say it’s a normal, if not necessary, feature of all languages, not just English.