No.Can "in which" or "where" be omitted in this structure?
gz52
ex)This is the city (in which) Obama was born.
=>This is the city Obama was born.
Can "in which" or "where" be omitted in this structure?
gz52
ex)This is the city (in which) Obama was born.
=>This is the city Obama was born.
In that case, you're not omitting "in which". You're omitting "which" and moving "in" to the end.Yes, 'in which' can be omitted. However, if you omit 'in which' you must include 'in' at the end of the sentence in order to clarify that it was the city he was born in.
In that case, you're not omitting "in which". You're omitting "which" and moving "in" to the end.
It's certainly possible to change "That's the city which Obama was born in" to "That's the city Obama was born in." That's a rather common omission of the relative pronoun. You can't completely omit "in which". You also can't omit "where", because it means "in which".
Maybe only when you use "place", "where" can be omitted, right?