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carol_gh
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 Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:16 am Post subject: where as a conjunction |
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Are the following sentences both acceptable?
a. Where I live there are plenty of sheep.
b. I live where there are plenty of sheep.
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carol_gh
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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one more question about "where"
can "where" mean "but/whereas" in some occasion?
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mat
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:19 am Post subject: |
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a. means there are sheep where you live by coincidence and b. means you chose to live there because of the sheep. I'm not sure about the other question.
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pinenut
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:05 pm Post subject: Re: where as a conjunction |
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| carol_gh wrote: |
Are the following sentences both acceptable?
a. Where I live there are plenty of sheep.
b. I live where there are plenty of sheep.
Thank you |
They have the same meaning.
According to Collins Cobuild Lexicon:
where
used in place clauses
You use where in place clauses when you are talking about the place or position in which someone or something is.
He said he was happy where he was.
He left it where it lay.
A place clause usually goes after the main clause. However, in stories, the place clause can be put first.
Where Kate had stood last night, Maureen now stood.
= Maureen now stood where Kate had stood last night.
Where the pink cliffs rose out of the ground there were often narrow tracks winding upwards.
where
You use where to introduce a clause that contrasts with the other parts of the sentence.
Where some people learned to play the accordion for dances in their community, others took music lessons.
Sometimes a teacher will be listened to, where a parent might not.
CONJ-SUBORD
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