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river1974
Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 525 Location: Taiwan
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 12:31 am Post subject: where |
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Dear teachers:
(a) This is the city *where* I was born.
(b) This is the city *in which* I was born.
(c) This is the city *wherein* I was born.
Do the above have the same meaning?
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asterix
Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 1654
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Yes. |
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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:05 am Post subject: Re: where |
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river1974 wrote: |
Dear teachers:
(b) This is the city *in which* I was born.
Can I replace it with *of which*??
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asterix
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:16 am Post subject: |
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No... It doesn't work. |
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river1974
Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 525 Location: Taiwan
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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This is the city in which I was born.
rewrite:
(a) This is the city which I was born in.
(b) I was born in this city.
It really doesn't work to replace "in" with "of". |
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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:50 am Post subject: why |
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Could anyone explain why?
*of and in* confuses me a lot
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stellara

Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 583 Location: germany
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:09 am Post subject: |
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hm, maybe like river already wrote, if you could use "of" then you could write "i was born of this city" and that's wrong at first, and secondly does it sound as if the city had born you, which is definitely strange because your parents have done this.
with places you mostly say "in" not "of".
i can't exlain the general difference between in and of because for me it depends on the situation.. sorry1
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