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ZCheng Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Why don't we use preposition in this sentence ?

Hi everyone, I'm only learning English so I need some help cause' because I don't really understand the structure of this sentence

"I know places we won't be found." or "I know places we can hide."

So as I understand, the full sentence would be

"I know places that we won't be found"

Wouldn't it need "in" at the end ? Because
"I know places we won't be found in" makes more sense to me. But apparently I'm wrong, still I can't quite get it.
Thank you.

  

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What should have been said was this:

"I know places where we won't be found." or "I know places where we can hide."

The original wording is lazy.

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I know places (where) we won't be found. We won't be found there.

No 'in' is necessary. Adding it makes it a little awkward, but it's not wrong.

You might want 'in' if the reference is to something that is more specifically an enclosure rather than to the generic 'places', and you choose 'that' instead of 'where' (or the absence of any subordinator).

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