[Grammar] Use of Preposition when using the noun "ARGUMENT"

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Sanket Verma

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Out of the following sentences which is correct and why?
1. The argument was whether cheese and paneer are two different things.
2. The argument was on/about/over whether cheese and paneer are two different things.
3. The argument was whether or not cheese and paneer are two different things.
4. The argument was on/about/over whether or not cheese and paneer are two different things.
 
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Out of the following sentences which is correct and why?
1. The argument was whether cheese and paneer are two different things.
2. The argument was on/about/over whether cheese and paneer are two different things.
3. The argument was whether or not cheese and paneer are two different things.
4. The argument was on/about/over whether or not cheese and paneer are two different things.

They are all possible. By the way paneer is a type of cheeese.
 

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They are all possible. By the way paneer is a type of cheeese.

It is, but at least your paneer has the right number of vowels! ;-)
 
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