You may wonder, as I did, whether lobbying from the pharmaceutical industry has played a part.
Anyone who could speak a few words of English did, whether broken or polished.
"She blazed a trail in whatever she did, whether it was in the environment, politics, whatever".
For example, did you ever wonder in childhood, as I did, whether toys have toys of their own?
Don't: Spend not a nanosecond wondering, as Armstrong says he did, whether this was just another guy with a knapsack.
And what he did, whether in despair or mere clumsiness was to tinker with the actual mechanics of The Joke.
But of work that did, whether it meant building bridges or emptying bedpans, you could be rightly proud.
It is a silly question to ask, as someone did, whether he would want to defeat the Americans.
"I don't know what Lewis did, whether he had more pace in hand or not," added Vettel.
Whatever the volunteers did — whether whacking nails or smashing babies — was while wired to sensors that measured and recorded their blood pressure and cardiac electrical activity.
But when you ask – as Professor George Brock memorably did – whether Mark Zuckerberg and his satraps understand that they have acquired editorial responsibilities, they look blank.
