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Kenta Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Which is better?(2)

Hello. I ask you again.

Q Do I need "to"?

What's the most expensive restaurant you have ever been (to)?

A Yes.

So I have one more question.

What's the most expenseive restaurant that you have ever been to?

What's the most expensive restaurant where you have ever been?

These sentences are correct. And we don't have to use "that" and " where".

But someone said if I omit the word "where", I should write,

What's the most expenseive restaurant you have ever been to?

Could you explain the reason to me?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

If you don't have any connecting word there (neither that nor where ), then that is assumed, and you have to follow the grammatical rules as if that were the connector. What's the most expensive restaurant (that) you have ever been to? What's the most expensive restaurant where you have ever been?

— CalifJim

  • If you don't have any connecting word there (neither that nor where ), then that is assumed, and you have to follow the grammatical rules as if that were the connector.
  • What's the most expensive restaurant (that) you have ever been to?
  • What's the most expensive restaurant where you have ever been?
  • CJ
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If you don't have any connecting word there (neither that nor where), then that is assumed, and you have to follow the grammatical rules as if that were the connector.
What's the most expensive restaurant (that) you have ever been to?
What's the most expensive restaurant where you have ever been?
CJ
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CalifJimWhat's the most expensive restaurant where you have ever been?
You think this is OK then? That's curious; to me it sounds quite wrong.

Is this a US/UK thing perhaps?
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Really?

What's the most expensive restaurant where you have ever been?

sounds odd? I've never thought of it. Then how about this?

What's the most expensive restaurant to which you have ever been?

 Thank you.
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Mr WordyYou think this is OK then? That's curious; to me it sounds quite wrong.

Is this a US/UK thing perhaps?
Not a US/UK thing. I doubt it anyway. I accept it only pedagogically as a contrast to the structure with or without that, which requires the toat the end. In itself, it's a dog of a sentence, I agree. It's just barely
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Mr Wordy
CalifJimWhat's the most expensive restaurant where you have ever been?
You think this is OK then? That's curious; to me it sounds quite wrong.
I consider it bad as well. The problem comes from where and been in the same clause and the fact that a short visit is implied. Where is equ
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What's the most expensive restaurant where you have ever been?
wrong to me
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KentaThen how about this?

What's the most expensive restaurant to which you have ever been?
OK to me, but not terribly conversational. In practice I would say:
What's the most expensive restaurant (that) you've ever been to?


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