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I'm sure whether can be used more than once in a sentence, but in this case, I would take out the second whether.

He was not sure whether to go to the party or to stay at home.

Whether A or B.
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Is it ok to use whether twice in the same sentence? For example
He was not sure whether to go to the party or whether to stay at home. Is that second whether wrong?

Also what exactly is the difference between whether and if?
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The 2nd whether is redundant, consider this-

He was not sure whether to go to the party or whether to stay at home.

it still conveys the same meaning... is not it ?
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After 'or' whether has been used for parallelism reasons.

If - conditional statements.
Whether - to raise a doubt or to choose between alternatives.



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