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Fridaycat Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

'where' can be omitted??

I know 'when' can be omitted. // ex. I remember the day (when) she was born.// like this..

but, how about 'where'?

can 'where' be omitted?

//ex. The city where i have lived is beautiful. //
  

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I don't know a single case in which omission is possible. CB

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I don't know a single case in which omission is possible.
CB
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you mean.. 'where' cannot be omitted??
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you mean.. 'where' cannot be omitted??
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This is the street where I live. This is the street I live on.

This is the town where I was born. This is the town I was born in.

The city I where I used to live. The city I used to live in

If you leave it out, it seems you need the preposition at the end.
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Hi GG
Yes, of course. Actually, in your sentences the relative pronoun has been omitted:
This is the street [that/which] I live on..
This is the town [that/which] I was born in.

Where "contains" in, and for that very reason it is impossible to omit it. For where to be omitted, one should find an instance in which the omission of in
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I wasn't disagreeing with you at all - I hope that came out. I was just trying to show the original poster some alternatives if he wanted to drop the "where."
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I'm not mother language english, but I would say you can omit 'where' in cases similar to the one you mention:
//ex. the city I have lived in is beautiful //
may be the 'in' after 'lived' makes 'where' sort of redundant?
marialberto
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