Here's a more developed and properly indented rule group.
<rulegroup id="WHETHER" name="Shorten to 'whether'">
<rule>
<pattern>
<token>the</token>
<token>question</token>
<token>as</token>
<token>to</token>
<token>whether</token>
<token>or</token>
<token>not</token>
</pattern>
<message>Shorten '\1 \2 \3 \4 \5 \6 \7'.</message>
<suggestion>\5</suggestion>
<suggestion>\5 \6 \7</suggestion>
<suggestion>\3 \4 \5</suggestion>
<suggestion>\1 \2 \5</suggestion>
<suggestion>\3 \4 \5 \6 \7</suggestion>"
<short>Wordiness</short>
<example type="incorrect"><marker>The
question as to whether or not</marker> it is difficult is not our
concern.</example>
<example type="correct">Whether it is
difficult is not our concern.</example>
</rule>
<rule>
<pattern>
<token>as</token>
<token>to</token>
<token>whether</token>
<token>or</token>
<token>not</token>
</pattern>
<message>Shorten "\1 \2 \3 \4 \5".</message>
<suggestion>\3</suggestion>
<suggestion>\3 \4 \5</suggestion>
<suggestion>\1 \2 \3</suggestion>
<short>Wordiness</short>
<example type="incorrect">We are not concern
<marker>as to whether or not</marker> it is difficult.</example>
<example type="correct">We are not concern
whether it is difficult.</example>
</rule>
<rule>
<pattern>
<token>the</token>
<token>question</token>
<token>whether</token>
</pattern>
<message>Shorten "\1 \2 \3" to just
"<suggestion>\3</suggestion>", or rephrase the sentence to avoid \1
\2.</message>
<short>Possible wordiness</short>
<example correction="whether"
type="incorrect">The question whether it is difficult is not our
concern.</example>
<example type="correct">Whether it is
difficult is not our concern.</example>
</rule>
<rule>
<pattern>
<token>as</token>
<token>to</token>
<token>whether</token>
</pattern>
<message>Shorten "\1 \2 \3" to just
"<suggestion>\3</suggestion>", or rephrase the sentence to avoid \1
\2.</message>
<short>Possible wordiness</short>
<example correction="whether"
type="incorrect">As to whether it is difficult, it is not our
concern.</example>
<example type="correct">We are not concern
whether it is difficult.</example>
</rule>
<rule>
<pattern>
<token>whether</token>
<token>or</token>
<token>not</token>
</pattern>
<message>Perhaps you can shorten "\1 \2 \3"
to just "<suggestion>\1</suggestion>". It is correct though if you
mean 'regardless of whether'.</message>
<short>Possible wordiness</short>
<example correction="whether"
type="incorrect">What the government decides to do depends on
<marker>whether or not</marker> the bill passes.</example>
<example type="correct">What the government
decides to do depends on whether the bill passes.</example>
</rule>
</rulegroup> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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