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Relative clauses: formal and informal structures

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    relative clauses with prepositional verbs
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  • Here is the addres. You should write to this address. (FORMAL)
    Here is the address to which you should write.
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  • Here is the addres. You should write to this address. (INFORMAL)
    Here is the address (which) you should write to.
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  • The book belongs to me. You were looking at it just now. (FORMAL)
    The book at which you were looking belongs to me.
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  • The book belongs to me. You were looking at it just now. (INFORMAL)
    The book (which) you were looking at belongs to me
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  • I couldn´t recognize the house. He lived in it. (FORMAL)
    I couldn´t recognize the house in which he lived.
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  • I couldn´t recognize the house. He lived in it. (INFORMAL)
    I couldn´t recognize the house (which) he lived in
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  • A travel agency has booked the hotel. Jim is going to stay in it. (FORMAL)
    A travel agency has booked the hotel in which Jim is going to stay.
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  • A travel agency has booked the hotel. Jim is going to stay in it. (INFORMAL)
    A travel agency has booked the hotel (which) he´s going to stay in.
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  • Those are the boys. Mike is hiding from them. (FORMAL)
    Those are the boys from whom Mike is hiding.
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  • Those are the boys. Mike is hiding from them. (INFORMAL)
    Those are the boys (who) Mike is hiding from.
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  • I don´t know the boy. They went with him. (FORMAL)
    I don´t know the boy with whom they went.
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  • I don´t know the boy. They went with him. (INFORMAL)
    I don´t know the boy (who) they went with.
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  • He didn´t get the job. He applied for it. (FORMAL)
    He didn´t get the job for which he applied.
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  • He didn´t get the job. He applied for it. (INFORMAL)
    He didn´t get the job (which) he applied for
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  • She is a tennis player. I played against her last year (FORMAL)
    She is the tennis player against whom I played last year.
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  • She is a tennis player. I played against her last year (INFORMAL)
    She is a tennis player (who) I played against last year.
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