Relative adverbs..

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0Hi ..Its written in one of my grammar books  ; WHERE is used to refer to place ,usually after nouns like place ,HOUSE  ,street ,town and country ... Well ,I know this but sometimes '  Which ' is used for the same purpose like the following :02br02br00That's the house WHICH Lee Lewis bought for £ 2 million .Doesn't the word 'house ' refer to a place in this sentence ? Is it wrong to say :02br02br00That' s the house WHERE Lee Lewis bought for ... Could you please explain the difference ? Thanks in advance 050010id1

Inchoateknowledge · Accepted Answer

0That's the house WHICH Lee Lewis bought for £ 2 million 01font00which = house (object, thing)02font02br
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00That' s the house WHERE Lee Lewis bought 01font00incorrect02font0-

Antalya · Answer

0But I think it' s ok ,if the sentence would be like the following :02br
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00That' s the house where Lee Lewis lives .... ?? 0-

Inchoateknowledge · Answer

0That' s the house where Lee Lewis lives .... ?? 02br
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00Yes, it is the meaning of the verb, not the syntax, that determines here whether the pronoun, 01i01b00where02b02i00, is used correctly.0-

Clive · Answer

0Hi,02br
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01font00Its written in one of my grammar books ; WHERE is used to refer to place ,usually after nouns like place ,HOUSE ,street ,town and country ... Well ,I know this 00(Yes, but you have a misunderstanding that I will try to explain later in this post) 00but sometimes ' Which ' is used for the same purpose like the following :02font02br
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01font00That's the house WHICH Lee Lewis bought for £ 2 million .Doesn't the word 'house ' refer to a place in this sentence ? Is it wrong to say : 02font01font00That' s the house WHERE Lee Lewis bought for ... 02font00Yes, it's wrong, for the reasons that I explain below.02br
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00Let's look at your first example. You could say it as two sentences.02br
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01i00That's the house. Lee Lewis bought the house for $2 million.02i02br
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01b00'Which'02b00 is a relative pronoun. It replaces the word 'house' as the object of 'bought'. At the same time, it 'relates' the second part to the first part, allowing you to join them into one sentence. 02br
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01b00'Where'02b00 00has the meaning of '01b00at 02b00which' or01b00 'in02b00 which'. eg 02br
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00This is the house 01i00where 02i00he lives.02br
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00This is the house 01i01b00in02b00 which02i00 he lives.02br
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00You can't say 01font00That' s the house WHERE Lee Lewis bought for ...00 because you can't say00 That's the house IN WHICH Lee Lewis bought for ... 02font02br
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00Best wishes, Clive02br
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00PS I see now that all the previous replies were posted while I was writing this. 050010id1

Goodman · Answer

0Sorry Clive, your thread was posted before mine which was not meant to reflect your comment but the earlier one; so that it's not mistaken.05002br
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00Not entirely correct...02br
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00[Where] can be used for [house] as well as structures and places.. Again context, context!02br
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00Consider this: This is the 01b00house where many ghost sightings were reported.02b02br
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00 00This is the 01b00chapel where John and Sue got married.02b02br
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00But for the posted question [which] is correct.010id1

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