Question

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The force of attraction between the fundamental units of a substance dictate, (whether at a given temperature and pressure), the substance will exist in the solid, or gas phase.

为什么不能填成（pressure and temperature are given or not）
不好意思，前括号在whether后：
whether (at a given temperature and pressure),

Answer 1

The force of attraction between the fundamental units of a substance dictate, whether, at a given temperature and pressure, the substance will exist in the solid, liquid or gas phase.
答：原句=The force of attraction between the fundamental units of a substance dictate whether the substance will exist in the solid, liquid or gas phase at a given temperature and pressure.
译：物质基本单位间的吸引力决定这种物质在给定的温度和压力下以固体，液体还是气体的形态存在。
析： at a given temperature and pressure是介词短语指前了。不是whether ... and...
而是whether the substance will exist in A ,B or C.

楼主有打印错误。 还有这个谓语动词dictate应加s

Answer 2

whether…… or not是固定搭配，不能省略

Answer 3

意思不一样了啊，whether or not 是否，

Answer 4

我认为是可以的,但是whether不要少了