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Grammar and Linguistics > relative clauses
relative clauses
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samahdaba1983**
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relative clauses
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Hello, I ´d like to know when we can use that instead of "where ,who and which" . Thanks |
28 Nov 2014
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Julia45
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"That" can replace "who" and "which" virtually in any sentence. I cannot think of a situation when it could replace "where". |
28 Nov 2014
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redcamarocruiser
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This is the place where he was born.
= This is the place in which he was born.
= This is the place that he was born in.
= This is the place that he was born. from http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1498414 |
28 Nov 2014
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pilarmham
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I don �t think that use is quite correct, although it is widely used. I agree with this other answer: In the sentence given one cannot replace "where" with "that". In this example the word "where" functions as a relative adverb, a role that the word "that" cannot perform*, i.e. "where" relates the location of the man �s birth to "right here". Native English speakers (especially in North America) will say such things, but it always rubs me the wrong way: one isn �t born "that", one is born "somewhere". |
28 Nov 2014
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yanogator
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I, too, disagree with " This is the place that he was born" because the second clause is about him, not the place, so the sentence isn �t parallel. Adding "in" at the end fixes that.
Bruce |
28 Nov 2014
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cunliffe
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One of our managers at work puts �that � in all sorts of sentences where it could just as easily be left out. I hate to see it. Leave it out if possible. Maybe I am becoming an angry old woman, ha ha. |
29 Nov 2014
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