whether or 與whether or not
語法上沒有區別,意思上也沒有區別,使用上有點區別,就是當要闡述的東西比較長的時候,壹般把whether or not 放在壹起,以免讓讀者連接不清,如果所說的事物比較短,就把whether or not 分開,比如:
I don't know whether he will come or not.
I don't know whether or not you have understood what chomstein explained about the usage of the phrase "whether or not".