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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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In which?

I'm not sure how to use in-which in this sentence.
Is this sentence right?

He is sitting in that chair, in which Michael used to.
  

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Anonymous Is this sentence right? It's correct without being completely idiomatic. 1 He is sitting in the chair in which Michael used to sit.

  • Anonymous Is this sentence right?
  • It's correct without being completely idiomatic.
  • 1 He is sitting in the chair in which Michael used to sit.
  • 2 He's sitting in the chair Michael used to sit in.
  • Sentence 1 is much more formal than the subject matter it deals with.
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AnonymousIs this sentence right?
It's correct without being completely idiomatic.

1 He is sitting in the chair in which Michael used to sit.
2 He's sitting in the chair Michael used to sit in.

Sentence 1 is much more formal than the subject matter it deals with. Typically, "in which", "from which", "without which", etc., are used in more

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