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TasmanTiger Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Is this sentence grammatical ?
Hi, every one
" We don't know the place where she grew."
My book says this sentence has a grammatical error, but I can't find one.
Can you tell me about it ?
Good day!
TT
" We don't know the place where she grew."
My book says this sentence has a grammatical error, but I can't find one.
Can you tell me about it ?
Good day!
TT
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" is correct. "where" itself has a "the place" meaning so you mustn't use "the place with "where".
- " is correct.
- "where" itself has a "the place" meaning so you mustn't use "the place with "where".
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"We don't know where she grew." and "We don't know the place which she grew." is correct. "where" itself has a "the place" meaning so you mustn't use "the place with "where".
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Hi,
" We don't know the place where she grew."
My book says this sentence has a grammatical error, but I can't find one.
There's nothing grammatially wrong with saying '. . . the place where . . .' although it's a bit inelegant.
" We don't know the place where she grew."
My book says this sentence has a grammatical error, but I can't find one.
There's nothing grammatially wrong with saying '. . . the place where . . .' although it's a bit inelegant.
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Grow itself means "developing and reaching maturity". http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grow
sn't that the point that where shouldn't be used with "the place" as it already means "the place which" ?
sn't that the point that where shouldn't be used with "the place" as it already means "the place which" ?
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Hi,
Try googling 'the place where'. I get 6 million hits.
No native speakers would say eg
Q - Where did you grow?
A - I grew in London.
Clive
Try googling 'the place where'. I get 6 million hits.
No native speakers would say eg
Q - Where did you grow?
A - I grew in London.
Clive
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