+Life Happened "gonna" is correct! In real life people don't say "going to" unless they're in a very formal situation, or if they tend to speak way slow! Btw, I'm talking about the spoken English!
Tobacco Worm Depends on the person you're writing to. e.g. If you write to your friends, it basically means that the situation is informal, but if you write to your boss or somebody else who you show respect, then use the formal way. Even though nowadays the language has been changing over the time. Today we have been adopting a lot of terms that in the past were considered part of an informal language. :)
Thank you very much I've been struggling with "whether" since I started to learn English, i searched on internet pages and I seemed very difficult to me, but this explanation made it make sense to me, thank you again!
After watching this video many times and taking your quiz test, now I clearly got it. What you want to say is that both if and whether can be used interchangably in a sentence , but imply different meaning. Sometimes we can only use one of them. Which one has to be used , has nothing to do with a specific type of sentence, instead it has much to do with what the speaker implies. A sentence that contains two different options, does not necessarily mean to have whether in itself. If it says two options but implies more than two, we use 'if'. Similarly if a sentence contains neither of the options but strictly implies two options, we mandatorily have to write whether instead of 'if'. For conditionals, use if. For mentioning the fact that implies the idea of 'regardlessness, use whether.
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Let me know if you're comming. Let me know whether you're comming. I have never thought about this difference and I'm a little bit surprised how great it is. But you, Adam, explained it as clear as you always do. Thank you for that.
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[4:10] Coming from software and given that this is for learning purposes, I need to point out the following: If "p" then "q" does not say anything on the value of truth of "q" if "p" condition is not met. In this case "I'll come over, if you want me to" If you DON'T want me to, it's not implied what I'll do... I "might think about what to do then".
Adam, that's incredible how you describe this rule so brilliantly - I have been trying to understand the concept of conditionals since I was in middle school (over 10 years ago) and until this day I was not so sure about this topic. After your - literally - two sentences describing an example of a conditional, I stopped the video and started laughing with joy that I finally understood what it was all about! I'm in awe of your ability to share the knowledge so straightforwardly, without disturbing or unnecessary comments which I often saw in other English lesson videos. I've subscribed to your channel immediately and can't wait to learn from your other videos! Thank you so much for your work. It already made my life easier, and I'm just getting started! :)
Whether you read this or not I want to thank you for all this really useful videos, I"ve even learnt how to speak as a native speaker thanks to you and I've only watched a handfull of your videos so far...
I appreciate you had wonderful explain to the two different words. Here, I raise a question that how to distinguish the phrases "whether or" and "either or" when I prepared for the TOEIC test. Listed below are the two cloze questions. 1. When John had to decide "_________" to apply for a new job or keep his old one, he kept his old job because there were not that many job opportunities available. (A) whether (B) either The answer is (A) 2. A majority of the customers who completed the survey rated Sasaki mobile phones as "_________" good or excellent. (A) whether (B) either The answer is (B) It seems like the meaning of the options (A) or (B) is to pick up the choices following the blanks respectively. I'll thank for taking time to reply those questions.
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The conjunction 'if' & 'whether' are so similar & tricky to use. Actually, I didn't know the differences between if & whether exactly & completely. Anyway, thanks a lot for a great lesson.
Takehiko Mori I agree with you. After watching this program I took my dictionary to check the pronuncition (whether & weather). It is exactly the same. I have found that only whether may be before to+ verb e.g. Have you decided whether to accept the offer yet? and after a proposition e.g. ...the problem of whether to accept the offer. Anyway Adam is great. He encouraged me to learn more about "whether":)
Renata Matsili HI, thanks for your comment. Yes, 'whether' & 'weather' are homophones & they sometimes cause confusion. Well, I'm enjoying & learning a lot from his & other engVid teachers' video too.
This is a good introduction to the topic of when to use "if" and "whether." However, it still does not address the more problematic area of when to use "whether" or "whether or not." Many people commonly assume that the "or not" clause isn't needed or is redundant, and this video even suggests that this is the case. But it's not true in all cases. Take the following sentence from an email for example: "If anyone is coming to the office party this Friday, please let me know whether you plan on bringing a bottle of wine." If I received such an email and expected to come to the party, I would only respond to the email sender if I planned on bringing a bottle of wine. On the other hand, I would respond differently if the email read: "If anyone is coming to the office party this Friday, please let me know whether or not you plan on bringing a bottle of wine." (Alternatively, the "or not" phrase could go at the end of this sentence, rather than after the word "whether." In any case, the last email is different because it asks me to respond even if I'm not planning on bringing a bottle of wine. That is, I'm being asked to respond either way, in the affirmative or the negative, as the case may be.
Fantastic explanation. I got caught off guard when asked this question in my English class last night. I just said that they're basically interchangeable but there is a rule for it. "I'll teach it in detail next class."As a native English speaker we use if and whether without even thinking about it and I've hardly ever thought about the grammar aspect. Very interesting. Thanks.
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Thanks from Russia! This lesson is real closure of putting a dot above an i. I think I had started understanding these differences between them somewhere in past while reading, watching and listening.
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+Der König Cool example haha!
+Life Happened "gonna" is correct! In real life people don't say "going to" unless they're in a very formal situation, or if they tend to speak way slow! Btw, I'm talking about the spoken English!
+Juan Pablo Ledesma And what if it's the written English?
Tobacco Worm Depends on the person you're writing to. e.g. If you write to your friends, it basically means that the situation is informal, but if you write to your boss or somebody else who you show respect, then use the formal way. Even though nowadays the language has been changing over the time. Today we have been adopting a lot of terms that in the past were considered part of an informal language. :)
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Thank you very much I've been struggling with "whether" since I started to learn English, i searched on internet pages and I seemed very difficult to me, but this explanation made it make sense to me, thank you again!
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After watching this video many times and taking your quiz test, now I clearly got it.
What you want to say is that both if and whether can be used interchangably in a sentence , but imply different meaning. Sometimes we can only use one of them. Which one has to be used , has nothing to do with a specific type of sentence, instead it has much to do with what the speaker implies. A sentence that contains two different options, does not necessarily mean to have whether in itself. If it says two options but implies more than two, we use 'if'. Similarly if a sentence contains neither of the options but strictly implies two options, we mandatorily have to write whether instead of 'if'.
For conditionals, use if.
For mentioning the fact that implies the idea of 'regardlessness, use whether.
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Let me know if you're comming.
Let me know whether you're comming.
I have never thought about this difference and I'm a little bit surprised how great it is. But you, Adam, explained it as clear as you always do. Thank you for that.
Hey Adam! Your lessons are very good buddy! Super easy to understand. I am from Brazil, I am studying English in Canberra at the moment and your lessons are helping me a lot on my study. Your videos are the best :) cheers
[4:10] Coming from software and given that this is for learning purposes, I need to point out the following: If "p" then "q" does not say anything on the value of truth of "q" if "p" condition is not met. In this case "I'll come over, if you want me to" If you DON'T want me to, it's not implied what I'll do... I "might think about what to do then".
THANK YOU SO MUCH my test is today about if and whether in indirect speech i didn't know when to use them so thank you this is incredibly helpful (:
Adam, that's incredible how you describe this rule so brilliantly - I have been trying to understand the concept of conditionals since I was in middle school (over 10 years ago) and until this day I was not so sure about this topic. After your - literally - two sentences describing an example of a conditional, I stopped the video and started laughing with joy that I finally understood what it was all about! I'm in awe of your ability to share the knowledge so straightforwardly, without disturbing or unnecessary comments which I often saw in other English lesson videos. I've subscribed to your channel immediately and can't wait to learn from your other videos! Thank you so much for your work. It already made my life easier, and I'm just getting started! :)
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Whether you read this or not I want to thank you for all this really useful videos, I"ve even learnt how to speak as a native speaker thanks to you and I've only watched a handfull of your videos so far...
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I appreciate you had wonderful explain to the two different words.
Here, I raise a question that how to distinguish the phrases "whether or" and "either or" when I prepared for the TOEIC test. Listed below are the two cloze questions.
1. When John had to decide "_________" to apply for a new job or keep his old one, he kept his old job because there were not that many job opportunities available.
(A) whether
(B) either
The answer is (A)
2. A majority of the customers who completed the survey rated Sasaki mobile phones as "_________" good or excellent.
(A) whether
(B) either
The answer is (B)
It seems like the meaning of the options (A) or (B) is to pick up the choices following the blanks respectively.
I'll thank for taking time to reply those questions.
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The conjunction 'if' & 'whether' are so similar & tricky to use. Actually, I didn't know the differences between if & whether exactly & completely. Anyway, thanks a lot for a great lesson.
Takehiko Mori I agree with you. After watching this program I took my dictionary to check the pronuncition (whether & weather). It is exactly the same.
I have found that only whether may be before to+ verb e.g. Have you decided whether to accept the offer yet? and after a proposition e.g. ...the problem of whether to accept the offer.
Anyway Adam is great. He encouraged me to learn more about "whether":)
Renata Matsili
HI, thanks for your comment. Yes, 'whether' & 'weather' are homophones & they sometimes cause confusion. Well, I'm enjoying & learning a lot from his & other engVid teachers' video too.
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This is a good introduction to the topic of when to use "if" and "whether." However, it still does not address the more problematic area of when to use "whether" or "whether or not." Many people commonly assume that the "or not" clause isn't needed or is redundant, and this video even suggests that this is the case. But it's not true in all cases. Take the following sentence from an email for example: "If anyone is coming to the office party this Friday, please let me know whether you plan on bringing a bottle of wine." If I received such an email and expected to come to the party, I would only respond to the email sender if I planned on bringing a bottle of wine. On the other hand, I would respond differently if the email read: "If anyone is coming to the office party this Friday, please let me know whether or not you plan on bringing a bottle of wine." (Alternatively, the "or not" phrase could go at the end of this sentence, rather than after the word "whether." In any case, the last email is different because it asks me to respond even if I'm not planning on bringing a bottle of wine. That is, I'm being asked to respond either way, in the affirmative or the negative, as the case may be.
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Fantastic explanation. I got caught off guard when asked this question in my English class last night. I just said that they're basically interchangeable but there is a rule for it. "I'll teach it in detail next class."As a native English speaker we use if and whether without even thinking about it and I've hardly ever thought about the grammar aspect. Very interesting. Thanks.
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But whether and weather are the same pronounce, isn't?
Yes ! But your understanding depends on The Context.
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I think I had started understanding these differences between them somewhere in past while reading, watching and listening.
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