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Maeng Posted 13 years ago
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In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
I found above sentence from english dictionary.
could anyone tell me why 'in' in front of 'which' should be in the sentence ? Thank you
I found above sentence from english dictionary.
could anyone tell me why 'in' in front of 'which' should be in the sentence ? Thank you
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To me, "in which" seems sloppy at best. "which" by itself would be even less correct.
- To me, "in which" seems sloppy at best.
- "which" by itself would be even less correct.
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To me, "in which" seems sloppy at best. "which" by itself would be even less correct.
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MaengIn prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.I would rewrite this as follows: In prison, in cases where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, the practice of emptying the buckets is called slopping-out.
However, I do see "in which" used in this m
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