WHERE (relative clause) – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 78 in the category of CLAUSES is described as:

defining relative clauses with ‘where’ to define nouns referring to place.

For example:

Her laptop computer is on the top of the desk where it is easy for her to reach.

PELIC STUDENT: Chinese, Female, Level 3, Writing Class.

*One could argue that ‘where’ could refer to a situation and not just a physical place, and still have the same or higher level of complexity.

A search in iWeb for:

_NN where _NN _VV

1 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME 316 2 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT 249 3 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO 220 4 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE 190 5 ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 178 6 ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL 143 7 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WANT 137 8 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 131 9 ENVIRONMENT WHERE EMPLOYEES FEEL 124

10 PLACE WHERE DREAMS COME 114

11 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE 104 12 GAME WHERE PLAYERS TAKE 95 13 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GATHER 95 14 WORLD WHERE PEOPLE LIVE 80 15 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GO 75

16 AREAS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE 72

17 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GET 68 18 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GATHER 65 19 ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT 59 20 CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 58

21 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SHARE 54

22 ENVIRONMENT WHERE CHILDREN FEEL 49 23 CULTURE WHERE EMPLOYEES FEEL 46 24 PLACE WHERE STUDENTS LEARN 45 25 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LOVE 44 26 ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS LEARN 42 27 PLACE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL 42

28 PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS LEARN 42

29 WORLD WHERE PEOPLE WANT 40 30 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE MEET 38

31 GAME WHERE CHOICES MATTER 37

32 PLACE WHERE SUCCESS COMES 36 33 ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE ENJOY 35 34 PLACE WHERE CHILDREN LEARN 35 35 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WORK 35 36 COURSE WHERE STUDENTS LEARN 34 37 GAME WHERE PLAYERS COMPETE 33 38 OPPORTUNITY WHERE OTHERS SEE 33

39 GAME WHERE PLAYERS TRY 32

40 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE KNOW 32

41 SPACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 32

42 POINT WHERE THINGS START 31 43 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAME 30

44 POSTS WHERE PEOPLE SAY 30

45 SPACES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE 30
46 WORLD WHERE MAGIC EXISTS 29 47 COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE WANT 28 48 COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE 28 49 SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS LEARN 28 50 GAME WHERE PLAYERS CHOOSE 27 51 GAME WHERE PLAYERS USE 27 52 ENVIRONMENT WHERE CHILDREN LEARN 27 53 OPPORTUNITIES WHERE OTHERS SEE 27 54 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COME 27 55 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GET 27 56 WATER WHERE MOSQUITOES BREED 27 57 WORLD WHERE PEOPLE THINK 27

58 AREAS WHERE STUDENTS NEED 26

59 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LEARN 26 60 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WENT 26 61 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE 26 62 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIKE 25 63 PLACE WHERE STUDENTS COME 25 64 PLACES WHERE CHILDREN CONGREGATE 25 65 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WORK 25 66 GAME WHERE PLAYERS CONTROL 24

67 AREAS WHERE PEOPLE WANT 24

68 ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS DEVELOP 24 69 COUNTRIES WHERE PEOPLE EAT 24 70 COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 24

71 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SPEND 24

72 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 24 73 COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE KNOW 23 74 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIVED 23 75 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE TAKE 23 76 CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE WANT 22 77 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE 22

78 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE SPEND 22

79 POINT WHERE PEOPLE GET 22
80 POINT WHERE PEOPLE THINK 22 81 COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE LIVE 21

82 CASES WHERE PEOPLE GET 21

83 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CARE 21 84 SPACE WHERE PEOPLE COME 21 85 PHARMACY WHERE PHARMACISTS STORE 20 86 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE MEET 20 87 ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS THRIVE 19 88 ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 19

89 GAME WHERE PLAYERS BUILD 19

90 ATMOSPHERE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 19 91 PLACE WHERE TIME SEEMS 19 92 COUNTRIES WHERE CHRISTIANS FACE 18 93 PLACE WHERE CHILDREN GO 18 94 PLACE WHERE DOGS LICKED 18 95 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE TALK 18

96 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANTED 18