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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

in which

There is a common American image of home, in which the man is silent and the woman talkative.

My book says the 'which' above refers to '(a common American) image', but is it really so?
  

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Yes, it's: a common American image of home

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Yes, it's:

a common American image of home

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Not 'home, in which...'?

Why not?
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No, it's the image of home,
because the talk it's about a special idea/image/concept of home, according to which ...
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I think I'd agree; perhaps because "where" is the natural relative for non-countable "home", rather than "in which".

With countable home, on the other hand, "in which" seems fine:

1. To her many other sources of uneasiness was added the severe one of shame for the home in which he found her.

MrP
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MrPedanticI think I'd agree; perhaps because "where" is the natural relative for non-countable "home", rather than "in which".
Isn't 'in which' grammatically the same as 'where'??
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There seems to be a difference in applicability, with non-countable "work" and "home":

1. I went to work, where a full inbox awaited me.

2. *I went to work, in which a full inbox awaited me.

3. I went home, where the buffaloes roam.

4. *I went home, in which the buffaloes roam.

I'm not quite sure why that is!

MrP
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MrPedanticI'm not quite sure why that is!

MrP
Hmm...even such a man of insight like you won't come up with a reason. Kind of hard to believe.
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