wotcha
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2010
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Korean
- Home Country
- South Korea
- Current Location
- South Korea
1. It was in the zoo that/which/where I saw in the accident.
What I'm wondering about is if we can replace 'that' in the sentence
with 'which' or 'where'.
In most English grammar books published in Korea say that
we can't put 'where' in the above sentence because the precedent is a
prepositional clause : in the zoo. That is;
2. It was in the zoo that/ which I saw the accident -> correct
3. It was in the zoo where I saw the accident -> incorrect
4. It was the zoo where I saw the accident -> correct.
The above three sentences are the way we teach students in Korea, but
some books say sentence 2 is also grammatical.
Can you please tell me whether 2,3, and 4 are grammatical or not?
What I'm wondering about is if we can replace 'that' in the sentence
with 'which' or 'where'.
In most English grammar books published in Korea say that
we can't put 'where' in the above sentence because the precedent is a
prepositional clause : in the zoo. That is;
2. It was in the zoo that/ which I saw the accident -> correct
3. It was in the zoo where I saw the accident -> incorrect
4. It was the zoo where I saw the accident -> correct.
The above three sentences are the way we teach students in Korea, but
some books say sentence 2 is also grammatical.
Can you please tell me whether 2,3, and 4 are grammatical or not?