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16.13 position of prepositions with which , who and where There are two possible positions fora preposition that is being
used in conjunction with which, who and
where :
1. Directly before
which, who and
where – this is a formal style and may sound strange. Note the use of
whom (
with whom, from whom ).
2. At the end of the phrase – more informal and more common.
3. If there is already
a preposition in the phrase, then the preposition associated with
who or
which is located at the end of the phrase.
4. Bi yi cannot be separated from
which. DIRECTLY BEFORE WHO / WHICH AT END OF PHRASE 1,2 We want to know
to which group the member belongs. We want to know
which group the member belongs to .
1,2 We want to know
from where he comes. We want to know
where he comes
from .
1,2
These were researchers with whom we had worked before. These were researchers
who we had worked
with before.
1,2 Interviewees
mark all the statements with which they agree. Interviewees mark all the statements
which / that they agree
with .
1,2 The clinical symptoms of the children
from whom the virus was isolated were similar to those found in adults. The clinical symptoms of the children
who the virus was isolated from were similar to those found in adults. In this case the position of
from is appropriate. Too informal fora manuscript.
3 This
depends on which group the member belongs
to .
4 The means
by which the ER environment, is regulated have yet to be elucidated.
A. Wallwork
, English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar,DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0_17, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
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