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Relative Clauses and Pronouns Common Mistakes

Relative Clauses and Pronouns Common Mistakes

Mar 30, 20251 min read

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I like the scene ____ Dorothy meets Scarecrow.

✅ where ❌ which

  • We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.

This is the man ____ I am in love with.

✅ who ❌ whom

  • We can use who(m) to refer to people. We use whom after a preposition.
  • This is the man who I am in love with. = This is the man with whom I am in love.

This is the house ____ I grew up in.

✅ which ❌ where

  • We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to places.
  • We can also use the relative pronoun with the preposition at the end.  Check all the different possibilities for this sentence:
    • This is the house where I grew up.
    • This is the house in which I grew up.
    • This is the house (which/that) I grew up in.

He was found in a place. That's the place. (rewrite in which)

That’s the place ✅ in which ✅ where ❌ which he was found.

  • We can use where or at/in/on which to refer to a place.
  • That’s the place where/in which he was found.
  • We could also use the preposition at the end: That’s the place (which/that) he was found in.

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