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#1 (permalink) Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:40 am Sentence: My doubt is whether or not I have to complete this job

Can anybody clarify this? "My doubt is whether or not I have to complete this job" - is this correct. Thanks,Suresh

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#2 (permalink) Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:55 am Sentence: My doubt is whether or not I have to complete this job

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My doubt is whether or not I have to complete this job - is this correct.

Suresh,

I think you meant, "My question is whether or not I have to complete this job"

A more natural way of putting it would be, "My question is whether I have to complete this job or not"

And a little digression... I know that people in India (I am an Indian myself) use doubt in the sense of question.

Usages like I have a doubt instead of I have a question are more common.

Doubt should be used when you are not sure of something or when you are not totally certain about the truth. It has a sense of suspicion about it.

The word question should be used if you simply want to ask something you don't know.

To explain it in your native language which I suppose is Telugu,

I have a doubt = Naaku anumaananga undi
I have a question = Naako vishayam artham kaaledhu

Hope you got it.
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