[Grammar] Which may be the correct one?

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Dear teachers & members:


I was told that none of the sentences below are grammatically incorrect.


1) ''In this forum Information and comments are shared whether ones agree or not''.
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2) '' In this forum Information and comments are shared whether ones agree or not with them''.

3).''In this Information and comments are shared whether ones agree with or not''.


QUESTION:

If this is true I would like to confirm where are these sentences incorrect?
 

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Re: Which may be teh correct one?

It is true that they are incorrect.


1) ''In this forum
, Information and comments are shared (regardless of) whether one[STRIKE]s[/STRIKE] agrees or not''.

2) '' In this forum Information and comments are shared whether ones agree or not with them''.
Who is 'them'?

3).''In this Information and comments are shared whether ones agree with or not''.
Does not make sense.

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Thank you tedmic for replying:


1) I only meant an indefinite person (one); I misplaced the (s) to the pronoun rather than place it to the verb.

2) I mean with their information and comments (with them).

3) Again I forgot to put ''In this forum'' at the beginning of the sentence.


This is what I really wanted to ask:

1) ''In this forum Information and comments are shared whether one agrees or not''.
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2) '' In this forum Information and comments are shared whether one agrees or not with them''.

3).''In this forum Information and comments are shared whether one agrees with or not''.

 

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1) is OK, but there is no need to capitalise 'information'.

2) should end '...whether one agrees with them or not'.

3) is incorrect.
 

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There should be a comma after "forum" in sentence #1.
 

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This sounds vaguely like it's whether you agree with the statement that was made, but I think you mean whether you have agreed that your comment may be shared.

You like ducks. Whether I like ducks or not, I will share this news.
I like ducks. You will share this, whether I agree that you have the right to do so, or not.
 
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I've just noticed that the correlative conjunction ''whether... or not'' must be followed by a clause. It may be accompanied by ''or/or not'', depending on its sintactical position in the whole sentence; if it is not redundant.


Which would it be the grammar rule for using this conjunction with ''or/or not''?
 
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