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Eddie88 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

How to use in which

In which and at which are sometimes used as more precise sounding alternatives to where to introduce relative clauses after nouns referring to place.

I don't understand this explanation.

Does it mean that 'in which' is an alternative to where when the noun refers to a place?

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Does it mean that 'in which' is an alternative to where when the relative clause refers to a place?

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Eddie88 In which and at which are sometimes used as more precise sounding alternatives to where to introduce relative clauses after nouns referring to place . This is the house in which/where he used to live. This is the station at which/where we have to change trains.

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  • Eddie88 In which and at which are sometimes used as more precise sounding alternatives to where to introduce relative clauses after nouns referring to place .
  • This is the house in which/where he used to live.
  • This is the station at which/where we have to change trains.
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Eddie88In which and at which are sometimes used as more precise sounding alternatives to where to introduce relative clauses after nouns referring to place.

This is the house in which/where he used to live.

This is the station
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Eddie88In which and at which are sometimes used as more precise sounding alternatives to where to introduce relative clauses after nouns referring to place.
This means something fairly simple.
You can say either of these:
1) The restaurant in which the robbery occurred had just been remodeled.
2) The restaurant where the r
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