Timeline for Using "of" before "whether" and general usage of "whether"
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| Jun 10, 2014 at 23:29 | comment | added | John Lawler |
Doesn't matter; whether it's begged, raised, or ignored, the phrase is the question of X.
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| Jun 10, 2014 at 22:50 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @John Lawler You're taking 'It begs the question' here as meaning 'It raises the question'? | |
| Jun 10, 2014 at 19:10 | vote | accept | Jānis Lazovskis | ||
| Jun 10, 2014 at 17:59 | comment | added | John Lawler |
The of is required with indirect discourse, but not for a direct quote, which is simply in apposition with question. I.e, the question of whether NP VP vs the question "v NP VP?". Whether is simply the WH-word that introduces an embedded Yes/No question -- Did he arrive on time? ~ She didn't say whether he arrived on time.
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| Jun 10, 2014 at 15:34 | history | edited | BelgianExile | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Improved response.
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| Jun 10, 2014 at 15:25 | history | answered | BelgianExile | CC BY-SA 3.0 |