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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

A implicit relative pronoun

Good harvests came and went, and those who became destitute sold themselves to slave traders in order to survive. And the slave traders sold them in regions were there was demand for their labor. How easy it was for those who sold themselves into slavery to buy back their freedom is unknown.
<Source: Rule of Law and Class Privileges in Kamakura Japan in http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/japan06.htm>

I'd like to know if due to "there", the relative pronoun "that" is omitted.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon Good harvests came and went, and those who became destitute sold themselves to slave traders in order to survive. And the slave traders sold them in regions w h ere there was demand for their labor. How easy it was for those who sold themselves into slavery to buy back their freedom is unknown.

  • park sang joon Good harvests came and went, and those who became destitute sold themselves to slave traders in order to survive.
  • And the slave traders sold them in regions w h ere there was demand for their labor.
  • How easy it was for those who sold themselves into slavery to buy back their freedom is unknown.
  • The wrong word has been used.
  • It should be where, not were.
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park sang joonGood harvests came and went, and those who became destitute sold themselves to slave traders in order to survive. And the slave traders sold them in regions where there was demand for their labor. How easy it was for those who sold themselves into slavery to buy back their freedom is unknown.
The wrong w

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