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HSS Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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Quick one:

This is the place (which, where) I've wanted to visit.

The answer is which, isn't it?
  

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which seems more modern in this context you might find where in some old texts

  • which seems more modern in this context you might find where in some old texts
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which
seems more modern in this context

you might find
where
in some old texts
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Hi, Marius.

How are you?

You say more often than not, "This is the place which I visited" today, right? You might also find "This is the place where I visited" in some old texts, right?

Now, the relative adverb "where" can be replaced with "at/in/on which." Could "I've wanted to visit at the place" sound okay?

Curious to know, I was wondering which is more okay-
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>Could "I've wanted to visit at the place" sound okay?

I've wanted to make a visit at the place.
I've wanted to visit the place.

seem better to me.
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Could "I've wanted to visit at the place" sound okay? I've wanted to visit that place. (No "at" and "that" is better than "the")

Which is more okay-sounding "I've visited there" or "I've visited the place"? "the place" sounds very odd on its own - you would have to create a dialogue for it to sound natural. You can say "I've visited ther
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Hi, GG.
Grammar GeekCould "I've wanted to visit at the place" sound okay? I've wanted to visit that place. (No "at" and "that" is better than "the")

You mean "I've wanted to visit at that place" sound okay, then? If "this is the place where I've wanted to visit" would be fine, then "this is the place at which I've wanted t
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No, I've wanted to visit AT that place is not okay. Just: I've wanted to visit that place. (No at.)

I visited the Lincoln Memorial, not I visited AT the Lincoln Memorial.

Your example of This is the place at which I've wanted to visit sounds very odd. You would say simply: This is the place I've wanted to visit

Visit is (us
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Hi, Barbara.
Grammar Geek
No, I've wanted to visit AT that place is not okay. Just: I've wanted to visit that place. (No at.)

I visited the Lincoln Memorial, not I visited AT the Lincoln Memorial.

That's what I'd thought, and I'd been sure of that until I met this question:

This is the place (where, which) I

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