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stone88
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 Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: "by which" or "by when"? |
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The baby is due in November, by ____the new house should be finished .
A. which B. when
The key is "when". I wonder why "which" is wrong. Could you please tell me? Thank you very much![/code]
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KazAV
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Which refers to things and when refers to time. Since November is the time being referred to here, when is correct:
The baby is due in November, by when (meaning by November) the house should be finished. |
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stone88
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Thank you for your relpy, KazAV, but i am still puzzled.
Why is " which " used in the following sentence?
Similarly, the largest planned purchases month is November in which merchandise is purchased in a way that allows the December BOM figure to be at the high level needed for the Christmas selling period.
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KazAV
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It looks like the which there refers to the planned purchases month of November, meaning it is a thing (a month) and not the actual time period (November) being referred to.
By the way, for your first post I rethought it and it is more natural to say "by which time" rather than "by when".
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stone88
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| Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:23 am Post subject: |
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i've got it. Thank you very much.
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