[Grammar] Adjective clauses

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deaq

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I'd like to rewrite the sentence below:




I would like to live in a place where there is plenty of sunshine.
  • I would like to live in a place in which there is plenty of sunshine.
  • I would like to live in a place which there is plenty of sunshine in.
  • I would like to live in a place that there is plenty of sunshine in.
  • I would like to live in a place (omitted) there is plenty of sunshine in.
Are these gramatically correct?

Thanks for your help.
 

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I'd like to rewrite the sentence below:






I would like to live in a place where there is plenty of sunshine.
  • I would like to live in a place in which there is plenty of sunshine.:tick:
  • I would like to live in a place which there is plenty of sunshine in.
  • I would like to live in a place that there is plenty of sunshine in.
  • I would like to live in a place (omitted) there is plenty of sunshine in.
Are these gramatically correct?

Thanks for your help.

The relative pronoun ‘where’ in the original sentence means: the place in which
So only the first one can be correct retaining the exact meaning of the original sentence, as it uses the preposition + relative pronoun pattern which applies to situations when the verb inside the relative clause is not performed by the noun / pronoun being qualified. Other relative pronouns or no relative pronouns can not work here.
 
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The first sentence is the only correct answer, I think.
 

deaq

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Thanks a lot! I appreciate you taking time for my question.
 

deaq

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Thanks a lot!! I appreciate you taking time for my question.
 

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Your sentence should be elevated to a proverb status. :up:


I would like to live in a [place = which] there is plenty of sunshine in. :tick:
 

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I'd like to rewrite the sentence below:




I would like to live in a place where there is plenty of sunshine.
  • I would like to live in a place in which there is plenty of sunshine.
  • I would like to live in a place which there is plenty of sunshine in.
  • I would like to live in a place that there is plenty of sunshine in.
  • I would like to live in a place (omitted) there is plenty of sunshine in.
Are these gramatically correct?

Thanks for your help.
I am copying and pasting the following from Longman English Grammar by A.G. Alexander. So, if you think you disagree with it, argue your point with the author. ;-)

This is the place in which I grew up.
This is the place which I grew up in.
This is the place I grew up in.
This is (the place) where I grew up.
 
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