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In today's news there is new diet for some Australian Crocs: the fish known as 'mullet'.
Each year the mullet make there way up stream, during high tide, in the Mary River where they go to breed. Is it okay to omit where in the sentence? And is there a typo? This message has been edited. Last edited by: jey, |
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Member Location: Egypt
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No, you can't omit where. It's a necessary relative pronoun. If you had the last part as a sentence on its own, you could omit where, but the result is not very natural.:
Each year the mullet make their way up stream during high tide. In the Mary River they go to breed. They go to breed in the Mary River. -- a bit better, but the original sentence is MUCH better than either of these. And, yes, there is a typo. |
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Thank you, Okaasan. I have one more question. Is the sentence Each year the mullet make...in the Mary River where they go to breed correct? I guess it should be a comma before where like this: Each year the mullet make their way up stream, during high tide, in the Mary River, where they go to breed. Am I right? This message has been edited. Last edited by: jey, |
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Member Location: Egypt
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Yes, it should have a comma.
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