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Keke99 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The relationship between "in which" and "where"

As I know, "in/at which" can be replaced with "where" if the antecedent is referring to "place".

However, in this sentence

He published his second mathematics paper, in which he gave the
modern definition ~.

I think the antecedent is not "place", so I wonder if the relative adverb "where" can replace "in which".
  

Top answer

Yes, 'where' is not wrong there.

  • Yes, 'where' is not wrong there.
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Yes, 'where' is not wrong there.
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If so, is there any restriction or exception in which "where" cannot replace "in/at which"?

I remember that someone told me it is not always acceptable to use "where" instead of "in/at which".

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