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Omar Ahmed Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

We helped them get ……they where heading.

a) to where b) to which

I go for 'to where'. My friend says we cannot use a preposition before 'where'. Is 'where' here a relative pronoun?

  

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Omar Ahmed I go for 'to where'. Me, too, if those are the only two choices. Omar Ahmed My friend says we cannot use a preposition before 'where'.

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  • Omar Ahmed I go for 'to where'.
  • Me, too, if those are the only two choices.
  • Omar Ahmed My friend says we cannot use a preposition before 'where'.
  • Mmmm … usually.
  • In this context, I would call "to where" inelegant, even nonstandard.
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Omar AhmedI go for 'to where'.

Me, too, if those are the only two choices.

Omar AhmedMy friend says we cannot use a preposition before 'where'.

Mmmm … usually. In this context, I would call "to where" inelegant, even nonstandard. You helped them get where they were heading.

Omar AhmedIs
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We helped them get . . . to where……they where were heading.

Clive

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Omar AhmedMy friend says we cannot use a preposition before 'where'.

Only when 'where' is alone and not the first word in a subordinate clause. So you don't want these.

At where do you live?
To where are you going?

The following are completely fine. Here 'where' is a fused relative. It stands for "the place where", "the

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