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Müjdat Posted 19 years ago
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Relative Clause ( what, where)...

1b00We're currently in 01i00____ we might call the optimum period, _____02i00 the world is warmer than it has been for the last 20,000 years.02br
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02b00A) which/when02br
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00Hi, here, I went for "D". 02br
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00Can we use "where" for the optimum period here? If not, why?02br
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00Thanks a lot in advance.0-
  

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0 All right, can we use "when" for the second part? 0-
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0 Yes, although that's not one of the choices, of course.02br
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1b00All right, if we changed the options A and D just like this, Which one would it be true? And why?02b02br
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01b00We're currently in 01i00____ we might call the optimum period, _____02i00 the world is warmer than it has been for the last 20,000 years.02br
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01b10Which one would 11del10it12del10 be 11del10true12del10 correct?12b12blockquote
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00 Both would be correct. I prefer A.02br
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0Among the answers, A is the preferred answer, although "where" may be accepted. Anytime when you have a main sentence with time base element preceeding an indenpent clasue (i.e. hour, day, and any period), "when" is the appropriate conjunction. 0-
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0 A 01font00which!!02font00/when02br
01font00which02font00 is not correct.02br
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01font00when02font00 is a dependent marker added to the begginning of an independent clause, which makes it 01font00dependent
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