ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: space in which to feature

Liveinjapan — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:33:15 GMT

Thanks, Marius.

I understand how 'in which' works.

Re: space in which to feature

Marius Hancu — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:06:26 GMT

>This means the space is for us to feature our special interactive science exhibits

Not quite, it means that in that space we will feature our special interactive science exhibits

Good question, still.

I initially thought that in which just makes everything more clear, but the meaning would not change without it, because you have our and us.

But it's not so, without it:

He has given us a state-of-the art, user-friendy space to feature our special interactive science exhibits.

can be read as:

Our special interactive science exhibits will have as their (main) feature a state-of-the art, user-friendy space.

which is not what you want.

space in which to feature

Liveinjapan — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:47:21 GMT

He has given us a state-of-the art, user-friendy space in which to feature our special interactive scinece exhibits.

This means the space is for us to feature our special interactive scinece exhibits

If I dropped in which, the sentence could mean the space is for him to feature our special interactive scinec exhibits, right?

Thanks
LiJ