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Grammar
Acceptable common usage?
Could you please give your opinion on the following sentence. Is it grammatically correct, i.e. is use of the word 'where' acceptable. Other words could be used instead, for example ....system in which private ...... . I just want o know is the sentence acceptable, or is it absolutely wrong. A colleague maintains that it is unacceptable with the word 'where'.
Free enterprise is an economic system where private businesses compete with each other to make a profit.
With thanks, Roy Copeland. Thailand.
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Free enterprise is an economic system where private businesses compete with each other to make a profit.
With thanks, Roy Copeland. Thailand.
Email address: Email Removed
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Free enterprise is an economic system in which situation private businesses compete with each other to make a profit. 'Where' can acceptably be used here in a metaphorical sense, but I would recast to 'in which' or 'wherein'.
- Free enterprise is an economic system in which situation private businesses compete with each other to make a profit.
- 'Where' can acceptably be used here in a metaphorical sense, but I would recast to 'in which' or 'wherein'.
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Free enterprise is an economic system in which situation private businesses compete with each other to make a profit.
'Where' can acceptably be used here in a metaphorical sense, but I would recast to 'in which' or 'wherein'.
'Where' can acceptably be used here in a metaphorical sense, but I would recast to 'in which' or 'wherein'.
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