How to understand a sentence which is started with 'where~'?
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I came across one sentence which is started 'where' as below.
"Where people are turning to social media is if their complaint is not dealt with."
How to understand like this start with 'Wh-'?. I reckon that 'people are turning to social media' is one complete sentence. so I can see that sentnece as 'Where S+V is if~'.
how to understand (meaning and grammar) easily when I encounter it?
Top answer
" This is not the greatest sentence ever written. "Where" means something like "the cases/situations in which". The "Where ...
- " This is not the greatest sentence ever written.
- "Where" means something like "the cases/situations in which".
- The "Where ...
- " structure, which is not great English, has the effect of emphasising that "if their complaint is not dealt with" is the only or main explanation of why people turn to social media.
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Carter Lee"Where people are turning to social media is if their complaint is not dealt with."
This is not the greatest sentence ever written. "Where" means something like "the cases/situations in which". The "Where ... is if ..." structure, which is not great English, has the effect of emphasising that "if their complaint is not dealt with" is the only or m
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