Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigExact(17)
It's ultimately debatable whether, beyond its jarring approach to race, "Three Billboards" is really that great of a movie, whether it deserves all its praise.
Richard Friedman argues: "[I]f there is no way of telling whether an utterance is authoritative, except by evaluating its contents to see whether it deserves to be accepted in its own right, then the distinction between an authoritative utterance and advice or rational persuasion will have collapsed" (Friedman 1973, 132).
The question is whether the party will be worthy of victory, whether it learned from its losses in 2006 and '08, whether it deserves leadership.
Whether it deserves to be saved is another matter.
Whether it deserves to be called a science at all is a question I'll evade here.
The question of whether it deserves to be is more easily answered.
Similar(41)
There was critical contention over the quality of the book; whether it was effervescently or breathily written, whether the "pray" section had any wisdom or was just pilfered new-age hocus pocus; all of which was followed by the inevitable debate over whether it deserved its popularity, which in 2006 – when the internet was younger and trend wasn't a verb – was outlandish.
A debate arose in jazz circles over the entitlements of such a group, what it meant and whether it deserved what it got.
The new trade status became a fait accompli when the Senate overwhelmingly passed a trade bill on Tuesday to end what China considered a humiliating annual debate about whether it deserved to be treated as a normal trade partner or warranted punishment for its shortcomings along with countries like Libya, Iraq and North Korea.
Whether it deserved to die, or was killed off prematurely, will be debated endlessly by ideologues and experts who have sharply different views about the wisdom of walking away from accords that some argue have helped prevent nuclear war for almost 30 years.
The Greek election should be seen for what it is: a repudiation of the medicine Greece has been given over the past four years -- whether it deserved it or not -- with unintended and unforeseen consequences.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com