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ESL forum > Grammar and Linguistics > Please help me with the grammar!    

Please help me with the grammar!



hongduyen
Vietnam

Please help me with the grammar!
 
Hi there!
In cleft sencences, We use It....... that..... to focus on one part of the sentence. I wonder if we can use where, when, or which... instead of that in the following sentences:
      It was in Bristol that/ where the film was made.
      It was in 1492 that/ when Columbus sailed to America.
      It is the statistics exam that/ which I �m most worried about.
So please help me. Thank you in advance.

1 Apr 2010      





yanogator
United States

No, you need "that" for all three sentences.
 
Bruce

1 Apr 2010     



class centre
Belarus

Does it mean that it �s not correct to say IT �S MY MOTHER WHO COOKS DINNER?
tHANKS.

1 Apr 2010     



hongduyen
Vietnam

As I found in many grammar books, who, whom and that are used. In some exercises, the same structure with where, when, which, why is considered to be incorrect. Yet, still some teachers use where, when, which, why to replace that. That �s why I feel so embarrassed.

2 Apr 2010