[etni] Re: Grammar Question
- From: "MLZiv" <ziv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <hyatetni@xxxxxxxxx>, <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 18:52:50 +0200
Hi David,
Here's a suggestion:
1. In the first sentence the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative
clause - the subject of the verb "is".
I don't think "where", as a relative pronoun, can be the subject of the
relative clause.
2. The equivalent of "where" is not "that" but rather "in which" or
"which/that....in". So you can see that they are not parallel sentence
structures.
Hope that helps.
Best to everyone for 2013
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Subject: [etni] Grammar Question
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Shalom Grammar Mavins,
This one concerns the relative pronouns *where* vs. *that/which*
Look at these sentences:
We visited the town *that/which *is near the river.
I live in a town *where *a new shopping mall is being built.
Why in the first sentence is *where* incorrect?
Thanks to anyone who can help.
David
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