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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Where is the error in the sentence? which part ?

Now that my children are grown up and gone out into the world, I would like to spend my old age in the village I was born.
  

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Hi, Now that my children are grown up and gone out into the world , I would like to spend my old age in the village where I was born . However, in my experience 'where' is sometimes omitted. 'and have gone', but the meaning 'are gone' is OK in literary-style English.

— Clive

  • Hi, Now that my children are grown up and gone out into the world , I would like to spend my old age in the village where I was born .
  • However, in my experience 'where' is sometimes omitted.
  • 'and have gone', but the meaning 'are gone' is OK in literary-style English.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Now that my children are grown up and gone out into the world, I would like to spend my old age in the village where I was born.

However, in my experience 'where' is sometimes omitted.

Some people might a
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AnonymousNow that my children are grown up and gone out into the world, I would like to spend my old age in the village I was born.
Hi,
Just a suggestion. "Old age" sounds quite dreadful and probably is not something people like to hear or say.
For the context of your sentence, "retirement", "later years" and "golden years" are possible phrases.
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Hi,

Clive is right "where" can be omitted. It is a relative adverb and can be dropped in the sentence the way we drop the relative object pronoun "that" in relative clauses: This is the best book (that) I've ever read.
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