What is the function of "where"
I found the following sentence from one of books that I've read. What I cannot understand is the usage of "where", though I can get the meaning of the sentence. Therefore, I would really appreciate it, if someone could explain why they have used "where" in the following sentence. Furthermore, please send me links if available, to learn about such usages of "where" further. In addition, is there any names for these types of construction in which use "where" not to ask a question or not for a relative clause.
Where parents have very little free time to spend with their family, children often develop problems with their behaviour and get into ad habits.
Furthermore, it is possible to replace "where" by "as long as", in the above sentence.
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dileepa Where parents have very little free time to spend with their family, children often develop problems with their behaviour and get into ad habits. In this sentence where means in cases where — not exactly as long as . So the usage is somewhat like what you find in a relative clause, but the antecedent cases is not explicitly stated.
- dileepa Where parents have very little free time to spend with their family, children often develop problems with their behaviour and get into ad habits.
- In this sentence where means in cases where — not exactly as long as .
- So the usage is somewhat like what you find in a relative clause, but the antecedent cases is not explicitly stated.
- dileepa if someone could explain why they have used "where" in the following sentence This is an interesting request.
- Writers use words which they feel express their thoughts best.
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dileepaWhere parents have very little free time to spend with their family, children often develop problems with their behaviour and get into ad habits.
In this sentence where means in cases where— not exactly as long as.
So the usage is somewhat like what you find in a relative clause, but the antecedent cases is not expli
0Where parents have very little free time to spend with their family, children often develop problems with their behaviour and get into ad habits.
The analysis of the underlined expressions is in fact quite problematic. One solution is to treat it as a fused relative construction in which "where" is simultaneously head of the noun phrase and adjunct in clause structure. Thus the me
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