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The "from where" versus "from which" - or the tense part?

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Must be British English.

In AmE we'd've said,

The judge threw him in the clinker, where he would rot until he kicked the bucket.

CJ

They sound fine to me, MrP. There should be a comma or a colon after said in sentence No. 2, though.

CB

They don't sound exactly natural.

The judge put him into prison, from where he would never leave before he died.

I am a non-native learning from pedagogical books and this is exactly how I would say it.

They seem awkward to me, as if written by someone not quite sure of English.

<<seem awkward>>

Yes, I had the impression that this was the "improved version" of

The judge put him to one prison, from what he would not have ever had been leaved before he has died.

They sounded a bit awkward to me too – #2 is meant to be an example of the "future in the past", for the benefit of ESL students.

1. The judge put him into prison, from where he would never leave before he died.

I blame "put into prison" (not "in prison"?) and "from where he would never leave" ("leave from prison"? not "which he would never leave"?). "Before he died" seems redun

Hi,
notice where that example comes from... British Council! Learn English!

Now, as I already told in other threads, are you aware how much bad, weird, unnatural English there is on the net? Now you just found an example on a website that is supposed to tell learners how to use English! Do you understand now why it is so difficult to learn natural English?

MrPedantic

Two sentences from;

1. The judge put him into prison, from where he would never leave before he died.

2. The judge said "I am putting you in prison, from where you will never leave before you die".

Do these sound ok to you?

MrP

OK for me. Might drop the "before he died", but only because he would probably be bur