Can "table" be referred to by the relative adverb "where"?
I was standing listening to the conversation next to the dining table where the school police were handcuffing the four students.
As you see the above sentence, it seems like "where" as a relative adverb is used to refer to the dining table. If my thinking is correct, can such nouns as computer, desk, or audio be referred to by the relative adverb "where" ? If so, could you please make some examples as well?
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Any object that has a physical location is a valid antecedent if that location is clear. We checked in at the desk , where a hostess handed us a card with a wifi password on it. You would never make a personal call at your desk where everyone can overhear you.
- Any object that has a physical location is a valid antecedent if that location is clear.
- We checked in at the desk , where a hostess handed us a card with a wifi password on it.
- You would never make a personal call at your desk where everyone can overhear you.
- Send the link to the video to a computer where the relatives could gather and watch.
- It says that the range of the keyboard is up to 200 feet from the computer where the USB key is plugged in.
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Any object that has a physical location is a valid antecedent if that location is clear.
We checked in at the desk, where a hostess handed us a card with a wifi password on it.
You would never make a personal call at your desk where everyone can overhear you.
Send the link to the video to a computer where the relatives could gather and w
0I was standing listening to the conversation next to the dining table where the school police were handcuffing the four students.
"The dining table" marks the location where the students were being handcuffed.
Within the relative clause it functions as adjunct of spatial location.
"I was standing listening to the conversation next to the dining table
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