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*** correct: "I ate, and then I slept" or "I ate then slept" | *** correct: "I ate, and then I slept" or "I ate then slept" | ||
== difference between which | == difference between which & where == | ||
== | * "which" is a "relative pronouns" | ||
** relative pronouns add information to a clause | |||
** "which" indicates a specific reference to a prior-stated noun | |||
*** ''the town in which I grew up'' | |||
**** note the use of the preposition "in" | |||
* "where" is an adverb or a conjunction | |||
** "where" indicates a general reference to the location of an action, event or thing | |||
*** the town where I grew up | |||
**** note absence of a preposition | |||
* we would not say: | |||
** ''the town which I grew up'' | |||
*** instead would be either | |||
**** ''the town which I grew up in'' | |||
**** ''the town in which I grew up'' | |||
** ''the town in where I grew up'' | |||
* ''confusion arises in informal English in which "which" and "where" are used interchangeably'' | |||
* ''confusion arises in informal English where "which" and "where" are used interchangeably'' | |||
== difference between your and yours == | |||
* your = 2nd person possessive adjective | |||
** ''it's your hat'' | |||
* yours = 2nd person possessive pronoun | |||
** ''the hat is yours'' | |||
* "yours" completes the predicate (verb phrase) | |||
** ''is yours'' | |||
* your describes ownership as an adjective | |||