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Zero plus one Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

grammar on which

warm, bare flesh on which to feast

this is from a novel.
i am not clear about words such as on which , in which, of which.

for example why are they not just like this.
warm bare flesh to feast.
i can think of other easy sentences like "a meat to eat"
tell me.
  

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zero plus one bare flesh on which to feast Or, bare flesh to feast on . The problem with your version is that you left out "on". In the expression "eat meat" there is no preposition, so it's "meat to eat" without any preposition.

  • zero plus one bare flesh on which to feast Or, bare flesh to feast on .
  • The problem with your version is that you left out "on".
  • In the expression "eat meat" there is no preposition, so it's "meat to eat" without any preposition.
  • a bed in which to sleep ~ a bed to sleep in a friend on whom to rely ~ a friend to rely on a problem with which to deal ~ a problem to deal with a blessing for which to be thankful ~ a blessing to be thankful for CJ
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zero plus onebare flesh on which to feast
Or, bare flesh to feast on.

The problem with your version is that you left out "on".

In the expression "eat meat" there is no preposition, so it's "meat to eat" without any preposition.

a bed in which to sleep ~ a bed to sleep in
a friend on whom to rely ~ a fr

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