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04 Jan 2009, 00:14

As Per The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
"Use if for a conditional idea, whether for an alternative or possibility. Thus, Let me know if you'll be coming means that I want to hear from you only if you're coming. But Let me know whether you'll be coming means that I want to hear from you about your plans one way or the other"

If or Whether? [#permalink] 04 Jan 2009, 00:14

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