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MarvinTheMartian Posted 18 years ago
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edit in / into

Hi,

I don't know what's happening to me. I'm having an awful lot of trouble finding the right structure for a sentence which would normally occur to me naturally. Take a look:

"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews where he edits himself in / into.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews in which he edits himself in / into.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews into which he edits himself. (!?)
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews (that) he edits himself in / into. (What an ugly sentence!)
...

I'm aware that most of these sentences don't work, yet I can't seem to figure out why. This is just RIDICULOUS! I've never had any problems with this kind of sentence before. Why is it suddenly so hard for me to construct such a simple statement? Linguistically speaking, it's as if I've regressed to the level of an infant... I think I've been exposed to too much broken English again... It always has that effect on my brain.

P.S.: Anything else wrong with this post? As I said, I'm presently in a state of confusion... It seems to be happening increasingly these days. Ugh!
  

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Hi, "Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews where he edits himself in / into. "Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews in which he edits himself in / into. "Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews into which he edits himself.

— Clive

  • Hi, "Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews where he edits himself in / into.
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews in which he edits himself in / into.
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews into which he edits himself.
  • ) "Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews (that) he edits himself in / into.
  • ) Only the blue ones seem OK to me.
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Hi,

"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews where he edits himself in / into.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews in which he edits himself in / into.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews into which he edits himself. (!?)
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake ce
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Clive"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews where he edits himself in / into.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews in which he edits himself in / into.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews into which he edits himself. (!?)
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famou
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Hi,

"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews where he edits himself in / into.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews in which he edits himself in / into.
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake celebrity interviews into which he edits himself. (!?)
"Weird Al" Yankovic is famous for his fake ce
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Thanks, it all seems so clear now. I'm not sure how I got so confused in the first place. I have one more question regarding this kind of sentence. We often use "where" and "in which" in reference to events, books, films, etc. (ex: "a meeting where the fate of the nation was decided", "the movie where Paul Muni plays a gangster loosely based on Al Capone", yadda yadda yadda...), but can they also
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Hi,
They seem OK to me.

Clive
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