The part of a sentence “increased or not” is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to ask questions about an increase, for example: “Has the number of visitors to the museum increased or not?”.
Under the new plan, homeowners who fall behind because of extenuating conditions — lost jobs, declining wages, family illnesses — are eligible, regardless of whether their rates have increased or not.
We ask it during a face-to-face interview, following a "warm-up" question about whether the person thinks levels of racial prejudice have increased or not over the last five years.
Significant numbers of people have had no contact with the department since their awards were made almost 20 years ago and we have no way of knowing if their need of support has increased or not".
And then I don't think it's complicated; I think I got in and I adopted an economic plan that they characterized as a big tax increase, and the benefits of it weren't yet felt, and people weren't sure whether they were getting their taxes increased or not then.
Total uptake rate of Ag from the two NPs was either increased or not strongly affected in the presence of 1 10 mg l− 1 humic acid.
The results of DLS can show whether the size of HMPAM aggregates increased or not. Figure 6 shows the effects of Fe2+ and cationic water clarifier on the relationship between R h of HMPAM and time.
However, an increased OR was not observed with the PPI medications.
Perhaps the total amount of coal burned will not increase – or not increase by the full amount of coal that is dug up.
In the midst of this natural chaos, it is hard to discern whether the long-term frequency of destructive events is really increasing or not, and why.
Park rangers and volunteers said they were not sure whether gun possession in the park would increase or not when the new law takes effect, partly because they have no idea how many visitors are illegally carrying concealed weapons now.
Ms. Jones said polls found that 90percentt of Westchester residents think secondhand smoke is harmful and that their patronage of local establishments would increase or not change if smoking were banned.
