Mori
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- Mar 31, 2008
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- Isfahan
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- English Teacher
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- Persian
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- Iran
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- Iran
That can be used for people or things in defining relative clauses. However, it cannot be used as a replacement for where or when with the meaning “in which,” “at which,” or “during which.”
Summer is the season when New York is crowded with tourists from all over the world.
Jack C. Richards & Chuck Sandy, Passages 1, p. 110
After common nouns referring to time, when is often replaced by that or dropped in an informal style.
I'll never forget the day (that) we met.
That was the year (that) I first went abroad.
Michael Swan, Practical English Usage, entry 237.7
Isn't season a common noun referring to time? Can't we replace it by that or drop it?
Summer is the season when New York is crowded with tourists from all over the world.
Jack C. Richards & Chuck Sandy, Passages 1, p. 110
After common nouns referring to time, when is often replaced by that or dropped in an informal style.
I'll never forget the day (that) we met.
That was the year (that) I first went abroad.
Michael Swan, Practical English Usage, entry 237.7
Isn't season a common noun referring to time? Can't we replace it by that or drop it?