Sentence examples for contemplating whether or not from inspiring English sources
The phrase "contemplating whether or not" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used when someone is considering or thinking about a decision or choice. Example: Sarah sat by the window, contemplating whether or not she should quit her job and pursue her dream of starting her own business.
Imagine going to the supermarket and contemplating whether or not to buy a chicken costing £50.
I'm contemplating whether or not to include the accompanying image of a dolphin intertwined with an anchor.
Said lies flat on his back contemplating whether or not he has the energy to get up.
The "Kaufman rule" for reporters contemplating whether or not to embark on coverage of some far-flung event, Mr. Burns said, was: when in doubt, go, because "when you go there is always a story".
So, where does that leave the woman contemplating whether or not to listen to her GP and take HRT? Flip a coin, suggests Professor Gigerenzer, and before it lands consider which side you want it to come up.
But the news has hit at least some sort of a summer swoon when we are contemplating whether or not receiver Terrell Owens had secret surgery on a secret knee injury and whether it means he will retire from a league that isn't currently operating.
Broad's fitness doubts could give Steven Finn another chance to impress, while England may also choose to give Tim Bresnan a match as they contemplate whether or not they will need him as a fifth specialist bowler for the Test series.
It will doubtless make Gordon (the prime minister, not the chimney) nervous as he contemplates whether or not to go-ahead with a new coal plant at Kingsnorth; a decision which will ultimately decide whether or not the UK has any chance of meeting its targets to reduce its climate-changing emissions, and on which the cabinet apparently remains split.
There's a good amount of bittersweet furrow 'n' croon on the 29-year-old's second album, Love & Hatecorrect (the title presumably taken from Leonard Cohen's Songs of Love and Hate): 10 tracks in which relationships fail to work out in storybook fashion; Kiwanuka contemplates whether or not he is his father's child; and current events in the big, bad world press in antagonistically.
The conversation continues as Mizrahi asks someone off-camera to "Google the Moon," while Killinger contemplates whether or not the Moon might actually be a star after all.
But as I contemplate whether or not I will parent, I am committed to helping to better the lives of the women and children who are here now.
