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Cho7712 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

where

The following sentences are all found in the dictionaries.
ex. I will resume the story of the book where I left off.
I took up the story where I left off.
I can continue where I left off

All the sentences are complete in terms of form and meaning without where-phrase. So it seems where-phrases function as an adverbial element.
But I've never seen this kind of adverbials.
The examples all above look odd to my eye and with inserting 'from' they seem far better.
I can continue from where I left off.

What do you think about my thinking?
  

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" The other two are OK as they stand. "Resume" and "pick up" have quite similar meanings, and they include in them the idea of starting again.

— Enoon

  • " The other two are OK as they stand.
  • "Resume" and "pick up" have quite similar meanings, and they include in them the idea of starting again.
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I see what you mean, and I agree that "from" is better in the last one: "I can continue from where I left off." The other two are OK as they stand. "Resume" and "pick up" have quite similar meanings, and they include in them the idea of starting again.
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Thank you for the answer.
enoonThe other two are OK as they stand. "Resume" and "pick up" have quite similar meanings, and they include in them the idea of starting again.
It just strikes me that I've been grossly misled. I mixed something up with this matter.
Thank you for prompting me to realize that.
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