SnakeFiddler wrote:
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?!

Snakefiddler

It would seem from this dictionary meaning it can be used with "or no" or
"or not".
meaning "in any case"

"Main Entry: whether
Function: conjunction
Date: before 12th century
-- used as a function word usually with correlative or or with or whether to
indicate (1) until the early 19th century a direct question involving
alternatives; (2) an indirect question involving stated or implied
alternatives decide whether he should agree or raise objections wondered
whether to stay; (3) alternative conditions or possibilities see me no
more, whether he be dead or no -- Shakespeare seated him next to her
whether by accident or design
- whether or no or whether or not : in any case"




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