How do you answer if questions?
How do you answer if questions?
Whether is used when someone does not know which of the two possibilities is true.
- She asked me whether I was married.
- I don’t know whether she will come.
- I asked whether she had received the letter.
Can you start a question with if?
We use if to introduce reported yes-no questions and questions with or. Do you like dogs? I asked if she liked dogs.
Should Use As if?
Also should can be used in the if clause to talk about something which is possible but not very likekly. If anyone should ring, could you take a message. If the decision were to go against us , we would appeal.
What is difference between if and whether?
We can use if or whether to report indirect yes-no questions and questions with or. If is more common than whether: We prefer whether with or when there is more than one alternative in the indirect question: After the election, we asked whether the parties should change their leaders, their policies, or both.
Is it yes or if so?
This points, again, to the difference in usage. Basically, “if yes” only works if there’s a question that is obviously answerable only with yes or no, and even there it’s not necessarily preferred. In contrast, “if so” works even if there’s no explicit question, or if it’s a bit fuzzier.
How do you use if so?
“If So” Usage “If so” means “if that is the case.” For example, “Shelby might go to the concert later. If so, she will need a ride.” This usage indicates that if Shelby does attend the concert, she will need someone to give her a ride. The phrase functions as a transition, connecting the content of the sentences.
How do you ask whether?
We use both ‘if’ and ‘whether’ in indirect questions, so you could say, ‘I don’t know if she’s coming’, or, ‘I don’t know whether she’s coming’. But in some circumstances we can only use ‘whether’. For example, before infinitives with ‘to’, we only use ‘whether’.
What is your name narration change?
Narration Change : She asked him what was his name. Direct Speech – The exact words said by a person. The open inverted commas are removed too.
Can we use then with if?
In the complex sentence, if we have a main clause and one adverb clause of condition, we can use the conjunction if to introduce the subordinate clause of condition, but we cannot use then in the beginning of main clause, For example, it will be wrong to say : If you work hard, then you will succeed.