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Wangqh2696122 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

When or where?

Could any teacher tell me which word should I use in the following sentence, where or when?
She always keeps the journey in mind , ____she met him for the first time.
  

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There is a structural problem. — She always keeps in mind the journey when/where she met him for the first time . Either conjunction will work, I think: the place or the time.

— Mister Micawber

  • There is a structural problem.
  • — She always keeps in mind the journey when/where she met him for the first time .
  • Either conjunction will work, I think: the place or the time.
  • Or 'on/during which' if you wish to avoid that choice and be formal instead.
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There is a structural problem. Is this what you mean?—

She always keeps in mind the journey when/where she met him for the first time.

Either conjunction will work, I think: the place or the time. Or 'on/during which' if you wish to avoid that choice and be formal instead.
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Can we interpret the original sentence as a split non-restrictive attributive clause?
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No, it's restrictive: it defines the journey.
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wangqh2696122She always keeps the journey in mind , ____she met him for the first time.
This is my take. I think the phrase "keep the journey in mind" is not semantically well connected to the subordinate clause. From a reader's perspective, the underlined phrase seems like it just jumped out from nowhere. This is not a " well conceived" sentence in my
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dimsumexpressShe always remember the time and place where she met him for the first time.
I think you meant remembers.
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Good catch! Thanks, I am not the sharpest knight in the kitchen Emotion: big smilenor am I the best typist.
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