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13 Dec 2019
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What is the difference between whether and if ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between whether and if ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Ex: whether the truth is among them is not clear / if the truth is among them is not clear
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They often mean the same thing, but “whether” is used more commonly when the answer is unknown
(the example sentences, by the way, all sound odd)
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@transliminal yeah,that's probably because I got it from a Harry Potter's movie x'D
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