visit there?

[optimistic pessimist]

Hi there!

Let me ask a question about grammar.

Ireland is a country ( ) I really want to visit.
1　where　　2　which　　3　in which　　4　to which
I understand #2 is the correct answer. Since "visit" is a transitive verb, it needs an object that is noun.
However, I think #1 can be okay because I sometimes see expressions like "I visited there." Is #1 defeniteky wrong?

OP

[Soup]

Ireland is a country where I really want to visit.
=> I really want to visit Ireland/that place/there. <noun>
=> Where do you want to visit? I want to visit Ireland.


Ireland is a country where I really want to go.
=> I really want to go to Ireland. <adverb>
=> Where do you want to go? To Ireland.


Ireland is a country where people are friendly.
=> People are friendly in Ireland. <adverb>
=> Where are people friendly? In Ireland.

[David L.]

Ireland is a country where I really want to go.
=> I really want to go to Ireland. <adverb>
=> Where do you want to go? To Ireland.


I think soup meant to give this a cross not a tick.
The correct sentence is, "Ireland is a country that I really want to visit/go to."

[Soup]

Ireland is a country where I really want to go.
=> I really want to go to Ireland. <adverb>
=> Where do you want to go? To Ireland.


I think soup meant to give this a cross not a tick.
The correct sentence is, "Ireland is a country that I really want to visit/go to."

That works too; however, where is perfectly good North American vernacular. Maybe I shouldn't have elided the preposition:

Ex: Ireland is a country where I really want to go (to).