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jack112

#94321 Thu, 28 Apr 05 07:56 PM

Are these correct? If not, why?
1. Do you know which aisle where your locks are?
2. Do you know which aisle your locks are? (If this is correct, why? Is it because 'where' is omitted?)

Thanks.

jack112

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abbie1948

#94351 Thu, 28 Apr 05 10:13 PM

Hello jack,

Do you mean 'lockers'?

No - you don't use 'which' and 'where' together like this.

You can say "do you know where your lockers are?"

Or "do you know which aisle your lockers are in" (if you wanted to be extremely correct, you would say "do you know in which aisle your lockers are, but generally people use the first one)

abbie1948

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Hope that helps. Abbie

temico

#94370 Thu, 28 Apr 05 11:27 PM

To abbie1948

You remind me of a quote attributed to a well known WWII ENGLISH politician and statesman which goes like this:-

"This is the kind of English UP WITH WHICH I will not PUT!!"

temico

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abbie1948

#94392 Fri, 29 Apr 05 01:56 AM

temico - I just wrote that exact phrase (W.Churchill, I believe) in a letter to a local councillor!

(well, it was "behaviour up with which I will not put" but the same construct!) Devil [6]

abbie1948

jack112

#94474 Fri, 29 Apr 05 10:38 AM

I meant 'locks' as in:
I'm at a depot store and I want to buy a lock for my bicycle.

1. Do you know in which aisle (where) your lockers are?
So 'where' is not needed here? It is incorrect? How come it sounds okay?

Thanks.

jack112

Mister Micawber

#94493 Fri, 29 Apr 05 12:04 PM

It doesn't sound OK, Jack. And it is incorrect in that sentence. Use one of Abbie's three choices.

Mister Micawber

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