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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

I have a question.

I visited the town where I was born.

I think it is ok to omit the relative adverb on this sentence.

However, my acquaintance said that it is not .

What do you think about it?


Is it ok or not?



  

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These are OK. I visited the town where I was born. I visited the town I was born in .

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  • These are OK.
  • I visited the town where I was born.
  • I visited the town I was born in .
  • I visited the town in which I was born.
  • But not this one.
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These are OK.

I visited the town where I was born.

I visited the town I was born in.

I visited the town in which I was born.

But not this one.

X I visited the town I was born.


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Thank you for taking your time.


So, You mean I can't say " I visited where I was born." in this case, don't you ?

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Cherry PochiSo, You mean I can't say " I visited where I was born." in this case, don't you ?

Your first question was about omitting the relative adverb "where."

Now you are asking a different question about omitting the direct object, "town."


No, the direct object is required.

More common is: "I visited the place wher

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