I have read many articles, but I don't know why often the verb "discuss" is followed by the conjunction "whether," but not "if". Do you confirm that this verb is an exception and after that we have to use always "whether"?
In other words as an example I believe that:
- We were discussing whether to leave early (or not). Correct
- We were discussing if to leave early (or not). Incorrect
Best Answer
It's not the verb discuss that makes the second sentence ungrammatical: *We were discussing if to leave early (or not). It is the infinitive (which is, in our case, to leave).
According to Practical English Usage (by Michael Swan),