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Whether Usage and Origins
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- British English Usage
- Used to express choice or doubt between alternatives
- Can function as coordinating conjunction meaning "either"
- Can be used as determiner or pronoun
- Originates from Old English "hwæther"
- American English Usage
- Introduces indirect questions
- Can express "either" in certain contexts
- Functions as archaic pronoun meaning "which"
- Originates from Middle English "hwæther"
- Common Examples
- "Whether he shot himself or was murdered"
- "Whether children are in two-parent or one-parent families"
- "Whether we go or whether we stay, the result is the same"
- "Whether we can do any better"