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relative clause
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tommy1996
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relative clause
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please tell me what is right? I recently visited the school( which/ where) I used to attend five years ago thanks |
21 Mar 2016
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ldeloresmoore
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However --- A native English speaker would probably say "I recently visited the school I attended five years ago" or "I recently visited the school that I used to attend five years ago" More info here -- http://www.writingforward.com/grammar/grammar-rules/that-and-which |
22 Mar 2016
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luglena
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I recently visited the school which I used to attend five years ago I recently visited the school where I used to study five years ago
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22 Mar 2016
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SVieira
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As all of the above, I would also go for "which". And there is a very simple way to tell which one is adequate here (or in other situations that you may come across): "Where" refers to a location, not to a thing, so you can try to replace it with "in which", and if "in which" doesn �t go, then "where" is not an option. e.g. - "I recently visited the school in which I used to attend five years ago" - incorrect "I recently visited the school where I used to attend five years ago" - incorrect "I recently visited the school which I used to attend five years ago" - correct "Carl and Sue are trying to book a holiday ion the hotel where they spent their honeymoon 50 years go." - correct "Carl and Sue are trying to book a holiday ion the hotel in which they spent their honeymoon 50 years go." - correct "Carl and Sue are trying to book a holiday ion the hotel which they spent their honeymoon 50 years go." - incorrect Sandra |
22 Mar 2016
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tommy1996
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Thanks
Help me identify the mistake in this sentence:
Daisy was the only one of those girls that get the schoolarship.
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22 Mar 2016
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redcamarocruiser
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I agree with luglena. the verb choice �attend � makes it sound strange to to say where, but �study � works. "An adjective clause may be introduced by the words where, when, why if these words have the meaning in which, at which, for which, etc., e.g. The place where Macbeth met the witches was a desolate heath." (A comprehensive English grammar : for foreign students, Authors: C E Eckersley; John Macaulay Eckersley, pg 328, 1960 ed., Longman) In this case we cannot substitute where with in which, at which, or for which. So, in my opinion, it is incorrect.
Edit: I also agree with SVieira. We seem to have posted at the same time .
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22 Mar 2016
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teresasimoes
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Which is the right relative pronoun. One important reason is the fact that the relative pronoun has the function of object in the relative clause. Attend is a transitive verb and this is a defining relative clause.
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22 Mar 2016
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