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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

why where is used

Citations have been updated, where necessary, and the Further Reading section has been completely revised.

In the above sentence, why 'where' is used?
In my poor view, which not where should be used.
My poor parsing is like this: Citations which(that) are neccessary.
  

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It's correct as written. Where necessary here means in those places that it was necessary.

— Blue Jay

  • It's correct as written.
  • Where necessary here means in those places that it was necessary.
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It's correct as written.
Where necessary here means in those places that it was necessary.
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I have you thank for this. Owing to my poor English, I have a question.
in those places that it was necessary
It seems to me that that is a conjunction, but why that is needed?
My parsing is like this.
It was necessary in those places. (O)
but,
It was necessary in those places that. (?)
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AnonymousMy poor parsing is like this: Citations which(that) are neccessary.
I think that's where you went wrong. It's not the citations which are necessary; it's the updating that may be necessary, depending on the citation.

For all citations, if it was necessary to update the citation, the citation was updated.
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Citations have been
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Anonymousin those places that it was necessary
"that" ~ "where" ~ "in which"

in those [places / cases / situations] [in which / where / that] [it / updating] was necessary

The most obvious way of seeing the connection is this:

in those places
Updating was necessary in those places.
> Updating was necessary there
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CalifJimI think that's where you went wrong
It goes to the heart of the issue.
CalifJim"where necessary" = "in any case [where / for which] updating was necessary"
The parsing is clear to understand. I'd think of "where necessary" as a fixed phrase
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AnonymousI'd think of "where necessary" as a fixed phrase
A wise decision. Emotion: smile

CJ
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It's very kind of you to explan this.
CalifJimLess formally, 'that' can substitute for 'where'.
Oh my, I do not know the first thing about it.
Then, "that" substituting for where moves to the front of the clause?

In a situation [in which] most people saw a worthless investment, she saw opportunity.
=In a situation [where] most people saw a worth
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AnonymousCalifJim Less formally, 'that' can substitute for 'where'.
... in that sentence. This is an explanation of why BlueJay used 'that' in that sentence. It is not a general rule that 'that' can substitute for 'where'. In the five sentences you wrote as examples, the ones with 'that' (#3 and #5) are not correct.

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