Question
1. This is the restaurant where he had lunch with Susan.
2. This is the restaurant he had lunch with Susan.
(Is #2 correct? 'Where' is missing in
#2.)
3. Look at the hospital where he was born.
4. Look at the hospital he was born.
(Is #4 correct? 'Where' is missing in
#4.)
5. This is the place where we played together.
6. This is the place we played together. (Is #6 correct? 'Where' is missing in #6.)
2. This is the restaurant he had lunch with Susan.
(Is #2 correct? 'Where' is missing in
#2.)
3. Look at the hospital where he was born.
4. Look at the hospital he was born.
(Is #4 correct? 'Where' is missing in
#4.)
5. This is the place where we played together.
6. This is the place we played together. (Is #6 correct? 'Where' is missing in #6.)
Answers
Writeacher
2 and 4 and 6 are incorrect. The word "where" is needed.
Those sentences could be OK, though, if you add "in" at the end of the sentence. Adding "in" at the end is bordering on non-standard English, but is acceptable these days in speech (but not in formal writing!).
Those sentences could be OK, though, if you add "in" at the end of the sentence. Adding "in" at the end is bordering on non-standard English, but is acceptable these days in speech (but not in formal writing!).
Alice
I agree with writeacher