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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
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0 Are these correct? If not, why? 02br
001. Do you know which aisle 01b00where02b00 your locks are? 02br
002. Do you know which aisle your locks are? (If this is correct, why? Is it because 'where' is omitted?) 02br
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0 Hello jack, 02br 02br 00Do you mean 'lockers'? 02br 02br 00No - you don't use 'which' and 'where' together like this. " 02br 02br 00Or "do you know which aisle your lockers are 01b 00in02b 00" (if you wanted to be extremely correct, you would say "do you know in which aisle your lockers are, but generally people use the first one) 0-

— Abbie1948

  • 0 Hello jack, 02br 02br 00Do you mean 'lockers'?
  • 02br 02br 00No - you don't use 'which' and 'where' together like this.
  • " 02br 02br 00Or "do you know which aisle your lockers are 01b 00in02b 00" (if you wanted to be extremely correct, you would say "do you know in which aisle your lockers are, but generally people use the first one) 0-
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0 Hello jack, 02br
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00Do you mean 'lockers'? 02br
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00No - you don't use 'which' and 'where' together like this. 02br
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00You can say "do you know where your lockers are?" 02br
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00Or "do you know which aisle your lockers are 01b00in02b00" (if you wanted to be extremely correct, y
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0 To abbie1948 02br
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00You remind me of a quote attributed to a well known WWII ENGLISH politician and statesman which goes like this:- 02br
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00"This is the kind of English UP WITH WHICH I will not PUT!!" 0-
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0 temico - I just wrote that exact phrase (W.Churchill, I believe) in a letter to a local councillor! 02br
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00(well, it was "behaviour up with which I will not put" but the same construct!)[6] 0-
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0 I meant 'locks' as in: 02br
00I'm at a depot store and I want to buy a lock for my bicycle. 02br
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001. Do you know in which aisle 01b00(where) 02b00your lockers are? 02br
00So 'where' is not needed here? It is incorrect? How come it sounds okay? 02br
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0It doesn't sound OK, Jack. And it is incorrect in that sentence. Use one of Abbie's three choices. 0-
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