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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

on which/when/at which/where or nothing?

Which would you commonly use and why?

  1. the day on which we met was...

  2. the day when we met was...

  3. the day we met was...

  4. the place at which we met was...

  5. the place where we met was...

  6. the place we met was...
  

Top answer

3, 5

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11 Answers
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3, 5, 6

imitation of others in my language community, i.e., habit

CJ
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Hi,
is #2 so bad? I wouldn't use it often, but I thought it was a possible combination ("...the day when...") Emotion: smile
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KooyeenHi,
is #2 so bad? I wouldn't use it often, but I thought it was a possible combination ("...the day when...")
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CalifJimDon't look at me!

At me neither.
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Ok, I won't look. Are you naked?
Ooops, you asked... what do you commonly use, not what is ok. So that one is ok too... alright.
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Nona The Brit3 and 5
Intersting. Could you say why you choose not to use the relative adverb "when" in 3 but then you use the relative adverb "where" in 5?
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Not really, no. I know it's rather illogical. Those are just the two forms that I am most likely to say in everyday conversation. I might use the other forms in some contexts.

Something to do with 'the day we met' sounding clearly (to me) that I met another person on that day, rather than us both meeting the day.

Whereas 'the place we met' sounds (to me) as though we met a place.
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