"SnakeFiddler" wrote in message
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O.K. folks, I just have to vent. Been listenin' to a lot of CNN and
NPR,
and if I hear another journalist mis-use the word "whether", by
saying
whether or not- I will scream!!! Aren't these folks supposed to
know
better?!

A word of advice; unless you REALLY like to mix it up, it's best to
avoid matters concerning proper English usage. People WILL disagree,
and strenuously, whether they know whereof they speak or not.

Wolfgang