Foreign Paper from when 'tis taken

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am struggling with the underlined phrase. Could anybody do me a favor?

The Daily Courant was composed of a single sheet of two columns, it sold for one penny and offered its readers both domestic and international news (the latter translated from 'the Foreign Paper from when 'its taken')

Thanks a lot.

Mei

 

[Tdol]

It's a mistake- it should read:
'the Foreign Paper from which it's taken'
or
'the Foreign Paper where it's taken from'

It's = the international news.

 

[Tdol]

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[Tdol]

I'm sorry I only just noticed that they had written

'tis

. This is an old form of

it is

,

from when

is still wrong.

 

[Daruma]

It's a mistake- it should read:
'the Foreign Paper from which it's taken'
or
'the Foreign Paper where it's taken from'

It's = the international news.

'the Foreign Paper from which it's taken'
Sounds good.

'the Foreign Paper where it's taken from'
Why "where"?

 

[svartnik]

Hi Daruma,

Why are you digging up old threads? :-D

 

[svartnik]

'the Foreign Paper where it's taken from'
Why "where"?

taken from the Foreign Paper. taken from where?
If you want to elicit the object of the preposition, you need the adverb "where" because the prep phrase is a (locative) adverbial.

 

[David L.]

Since this is circa 1702, perhaps what was intended was:
'from whence 'tis taken'.

 

[Daruma]

1. "the foreign paper from which it's taken"
2. "the foreign paper that it's taken from"
3. "the foreign paper which it's taken from"
4. "the foreign paper it's taken from"
5. "the foreign paper where it's taken from"

Are these all grammatical in modern English?