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Omar Ahmed Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

The cafeteria ...... I have my drinks on is at the corner of a quiet street .

( where _ which _ when _ no relative pronoun )

My answer is

"Which & no relative pronoun" are OK. I don't understand the meaning of 'on' here. Isn't it better to use 'at'?

  

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Omar Ahmed The cafeteria which I have my drinks in is at the corner of a quiet street . OR The cafeteria where I have my drinks on is at the corner of a quiet street . As shown.

  • Omar Ahmed The cafeteria which I have my drinks in is at the corner of a quiet street .
  • OR The cafeteria where I have my drinks on is at the corner of a quiet street .
  • As shown.
  • The word 'on' seems to be a misprint in the exam.
  • It should be 'in'.
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Omar AhmedThe cafeteria which I have my drinks in is at the corner of a quiet street.
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The cafeteria where I have my drinks on is at the corner of a quiet street.

As shown. The word 'on' seems to be a misprint in the exam. It sho

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. . . I have my drinks on . . . on here is a mistake.

Correct and natural English is The cafeteria where I have my drinks is on the corner of a quiet street.

at the corner is not wrong, but more common and more natural is on the corner.


If you mean alcoholic drinks, we usually get them at a bar, not at a cafeteria. Or do you perhaps mean

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