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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Relative adverb "where"

I thought a relative adverb "where" comes after nouns describing places, buildings etc. For example, "That's the restaurant where we met for the first time. " "That picture was taken in the park where I used to play."
But I came across the sentence "..we don't want the situation where the parents take all the right steps.."
Why can "where" come after the word "situation"?
  

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Anonymous Why can "where" come after the word "situation"? You can use it colloquially for 'in which', 'for which', etc.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Why can "where" come after the word "situation"?
  • You can use it colloquially for 'in which', 'for which', etc.
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AnonymousWhy can "where" come after the word "situation"?
You can use it colloquially for 'in which', 'for which', etc.
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AnonymousWhy can "where" come after the word "situation"?
A situation is metaphorically a place. We even say that we are in a certain situation. The same is true for many synonyms and near-synonyms of 'situation'. You can use "where" with many of them.

a situation where ..., a case where ..., an instance where ..., a circumstance w
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