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こんにちは！QQEスタッフのReiです！ ～ かどうかという意味を持つ。 「 if」と「 whether」。同じ意味を持つ名詞の塊を作る表現ですが、この二つには決定的な文法上の違いがあります。 今回の記事では「 if」と「 whether」の違いを開設していきます。 QQ Englishでは、公式ラインアカウントにて「英語に関する情報・お得なキャンペーン情報」を配信しています。この機会にぜひ登録を！ if 目的語を作ることができます。if の用法はこの1パターンのみです。 話し言葉で好まれて使われます。 I don’t know if my girlfriend will accept my proposal. （彼女がプロポーズを受けてくれるかどうかはわからない） 注意点 ifにはもう一つの意味、「もし」という仮定の用法があります。 一見するだけだとどっちの意味で使われているのかわからない場合があるので注意が必要になります。 以下の例文を見てみましょう。 Let me know if he likes it. この文章はどちらの意味でも取ることができます。 「 もし」の意味では、 彼がもしそれが好きなら私に知らせて。 「 かどうか」と意味合いですと、 彼がそれを好きかどうか知らせて。 となります。 このような曖昧さを避けるために最後に「 or not」を付けるか、「 whether」を使うのが好ましいです。 Let me know if he likes it or not. （彼がそれが好きかどうか知らせて。） whether 目的語のみを作る「if」と異なり、活躍の場が多いのが「 whether」です。 「主語」「補語」「目的語」を作り、また「不定詞」の形になったり「前置詞」の後につけたり、「or not」をすぐ後ろに付け足すことができます。 主語 「○○かどうかは△△だ」という文を作ることができます。 Whether she will succeed is another story. （彼女が成功するかどうかはまた別の話だ） Whetherからbe動詞の前（is）までの主語を作っています。 補語 「○○は△△かどうかです」という意味になります。 The problem is whether he will come back here. （問題は彼が戻ってくるかどうかだ） be動詞以下の補語を作る塊です。 目的語 ○○かどうか、という意味です。「 if」の使い方がこれです。 I don’t know whether she is single. （彼女が独身かどうかはわからない。） 「不定詞」をつける 「○○すべきかどうか」という表現です。 Whetherの後ろに to + 動詞の原形 の形、 不定詞と付けることができます。 I don’t know whether to let her go. （彼女を行かせるべきかどうかわからない） またこの表現は「○○すべき」という意味のshouldを使って言い換えることができます。 以下の例文を参考にしてください。 I don’t know whether I should let her go. （彼女を行かせるべきかわからない） 「前置詞」の後につける 前置詞の後に「○○かどうか」と入れたいときにも、” whether”を使うことができます。 Let’s talk about whether we should watch the movie. （その映画を見るかどうかについて話そう）...

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In the English language, we use the word “whether” as a conjunction, which means we use it to connect sentences or clauses or to differentiate between two things that are either happening at the same time or are possible at the same time. Generally speaking, the word “whether” can be substituted with the word “if” should you be unsure of the correctness of the sentence. The phrase whether it be is subjunctive, which means it is used in a grammatically correct context where there is doubt or multiple possibilities. You could substitute whether it be with whether it is with little difference. However, if you were using it to note a choice between more than two possibilities, only whether it be would be correct. The phrase “whether it be” may seem a little old-fashioned, but there are a multitude of ways to correctly apply it in modern speech. We’ll walk you through using the phrase in a grammatically correct way, understanding the subjunctive form of a verb, and using synonyms to help you check your work. Understanding the Indicative and the Subjunctive We can apply three moods to the verb in the English language, and these are indicative, imperative, and subjunctive. For this article’s interests, we will take a look at two of these — the indicative and the subjunctive. The indicative is used for facts, and the subjunctive expresses doubt or a selection of possible things, events, or actions. In the context of “whether it be” and “whether it is,” although both are grammatica...

Some words in the English Language seem to have similar meanings and many speakers mistakenly use them interchangeably. The words “whether” and “rather” are similar in construction, but different in meaning. Here we discuss the meanings of the two words and the proper way to use them. What Is The Difference Between “Rather” And “Whether”? The words “rather” and “whether” have different meanings. Use the word “rather” when you want to state a preference about something, or as a different way to say “instead of.” Use the word “whether” to show specific alternatives in instances where you have more than one option. You should When Should I Use “Rather”? Use the word “rather” to indicate your specific preference for one thing over another. You can also use it as an alternative way to say the phrase “instead of,” or express the certain degree to which someone is acting in a specific way or performing a specific action. You can also use the word “rather” as the phrase “ Here are some examples of how to use “rather” in a sentence, including using the phrase “ • I would rather go bowling than go to the movies. • I was rather annoyed that the show was canceled. • It was our usual place to eat, but rather somewhere new we tried. • I didn’t follow the diet my doctor suggested, but rather tried one I found on my own. • Rather than paying for parking, let’s try the lot down the street. • I’d rather you didn’t come on Saturday morning, I won’t have time to visit. • He’d rather play vide...

(subordinating)used to introduce an indirect question or a clause after a verb expressing or implying doubt or choice in order to indicate two or more alternatives, the second or last of which is introduced by or or or whether: he doesn't know whether she's in Britain or whether she's gone to France •

I am wondering whether the paragraph below is correct? Mainly I am not sure about the following phrase: "..about whether..", is it correct? Paragraph: It is quite common to have a bad situation, however, nowadays there is an intense debate about whether it is better to keep trying until obtaining what you want, or just to accept the things as they are. It is quite common to have a bad situation, however, nowadays there is an intense debate about [ whether it is better to keep trying until obtaining what you want, or just to accept the things as they are]. Yes, it's correct. "Whether" is an interrogative (question) word introducing the bracketed subordinate interrogative clause (embedded question) functioning as complement of "about". The meaning can be glossed as: "... nowadays there is an intense debate about the answer to the question 'Is it better to keep trying until obtaining what you want, or just to accept the things as they are?'" You're focussing on the wrong thing. "About whether" is not a constituent; it's not a phrase, or a clause, or a construction. It's not anything by itself and for sure there's no rule about it. It's just two words that happen to occur together in a sentence. Both of them introduce constituents, and those constituents are stacked inside one another like Russian matryoshka. The operative clause (the rest of the sentence is not involved) is • there is an intense debate [about [whether [it is better to keep trying]]] The brackets show the embe...

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1. ( subordinating) used to introduce an indirect question or a clause after a verb expressing or implying doubt or choice in order to indicate two or more alternatives, the second or last of which is introduced by or or or whether: he doesn't know whether she's in Britain or whether she's gone to France. whether [ˈ hwɛðə r] conj→ si I don't know whether to accept or not → He didn't know whether to accept her gift or not → Il ne They now have two weeks to decide whether or not to buy BUT Ils ont maintenant deux semaines pour décider d'acheter ou non. whether you go or not → que vous y whether we like it or not → que cela nous it's doubtful whether (= unlikely) → il whether [ˈwɛðəʳ] conj ( if) → se; ( no matter whether) → che + sub whether you want to or not → che tu voglia o no whether it's sunny or not → che ci sia il I am not certain whether he'll come (or not) → whether they come or not → che I don't know whether you know ... → I doubt whether that's true → I don't know whether to accept or not → it's doubtful whether → è poco introducing alternatives. He can't decide whether to go or not / whether or not to go; Whether you like the idea or not, I'm going ahead with it; Decide whether you're going or staying. of إذا...أم، سواء....أم дали или не se..ou jestli ... nebo, ať ... nebo ob...oder om; hvadenten είτε...είτε, αν...ή... si...o kas ... või که ایا joko ... tai si (...) ou non; que (...) ou (non) हमें संदेह है ili, bi li akár ... akár apakah ... atau hvort .. eða se ...