Relative Pronouns
Kuala Lumpur is surrounded by hills from _________ you can enjoy great views of the city.
Which of the following is the most suitable answer to fill in the blank? Why?
a) where
b) which
Thanks.
Top answer
Kuala Lumpur is surrounded by hills [from _______ you can enjoy great views of the city ]. "Where" is the normal relative word for places. In this example, its function in the bracketed relative clause is complement of the locative preposition "from".
- Kuala Lumpur is surrounded by hills [from _______ you can enjoy great views of the city ].
- "Where" is the normal relative word for places.
- In this example, its function in the bracketed relative clause is complement of the locative preposition "from".
- The relative clause means: "you can enjoy great views of the city from x hills.
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Kuala Lumpur is surrounded by hills [from _______ you can enjoy great views of the city].
"Where" is the normal relative word for places. In this example, its function in the bracketed relative clause is complement of the locative preposition "from".
The relative clause means: "you can enjoy great views of the city from x hills.
0I wouldn't exclude the relative pronoun "which" as a right answer either. In my opinion, that's a sort of test in which ambiguity, directed especially towards non-natives, is not helpful at all.
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