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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

clause

We climbed to the top of the tower.( We had a beautiful view from there.)

My version:
We climbed to the top of the tower from where we had a beautiful view.
( there)

The answer:
We climbed to the top of the tower from which we had a beautiful view.

Could you tell me why the answer use the 'which' to substitute 'there'? Isn't 'top of the tower' a place?
  

Top answer

We climbed to the top of the tower from where we had a beautiful view. (" where " is not a relative pronoun. ) We climbed to the top of the tower from which we had a beautiful view.

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  • We climbed to the top of the tower from where we had a beautiful view.
  • (" where " is not a relative pronoun.
  • ) We climbed to the top of the tower from which we had a beautiful view.
  • ( which is a relative pronoun.
  • " ).
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We climbed to the top of the tower from where we had a beautiful view. ("where" is not a relative pronoun. Without from, where serves as a conjunction.)
We climbed to the top of the tower from which we had a beautiful view. (which is a relative pronoun. It refers to "tower", not "top of the tower." ).
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Relative pronoun! Got it! Thank you.
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