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Does puNctuation interfere? Should a comma be inserted before the first blank so we could use the latter pair?

EXAMPLE: "You'll be in dire straits _______ you stay _______ run away."

(quer...quer... X ou...ou...)

What do you think? Between them, which option is the better?

Kindly,

p.s.: As far as I know, in sentences like: "I wonder whether you trust God or not", the conjunction "either...or" makes no sense, and replacing "whether" with "if " is incorrect because the correlative conj. "if...or" is ungrammatical. In Portuguese we label it as "conjunção condicional (if) / conjunção integrante (if/whether)"

Please, help!!!

Autor:	J
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Data:	14/SET/2013 1:52 PM
Assunto:	either... or VS whether...or


Mensagem:	Hi, Would anyone be kind enough to tell apart "whether.. or" from "either..or"? Does puNctuation interfere? Should a comma be inserted before the first blank so we could use the latter pair? EXAMPLE: "You'll be in dire straits _______ you stay _______ run away." (quer...quer... X ou...ou...) What do you think? Between them, which option is the better? Kindly, J p.s.: As far as I know, in sentences like: "I wonder whether you trust God or not", the conjunction "either...or" makes no sense, and replacing "whether" with "if " is incorrect because the correlative conj. "if...or" is ungrammatical. In Portuguese we label it as "conjunção condicional (if) / conjunção integrante (if/whether)" Please, help!!!