RELATIVE SENTENCES WITH PREPOSITIONS

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 These sentences contain mistakes. Could you correct them? 

• The chair that I am sitting isn’t comfortable.
• The person who I live is my cousin.
• The school which I go is in Oregon.

They forget to include the preposition that goes with the verb and comes before the object of the preposition. 

You can correct them in a formal or an informal way. There are several possibilities:

-The chair in which I am sitting isn't comfortable. (formal)
-The chair which I am sitting in isn't comfortable.
-The chair I am sitting in isn't comfortable. (informal)

-The person with whom I live is my cousin. (formal)
-The person who I live with is my cousin.
-The person I live with is my cousin. (informal)

Can you correct the third sentence?


Many common verbs are followed by prepositions before their object. A partial list includes verbs such as:

• think about
• work with
• go to
• speak with
• look for
• ride on
• pay for
• worry about
• live with
• care about
• write about
• look at 

 
 
MORE EXAMPLES 

• listen to

The music is good. Julie listens to the music.

→ The music (which / that) Julie listens to is good.
  FORMAL: The music to which Julie listens is good.
 

• work with

My brother met a woman. I used to work with the woman.
→ My brother met a woman (who / that) I used to work with.
FORMAL: ____________________________________________________

• go to

The country is very hot. He went to the country.
→ The country (which / that) he went to is very hot.
FORMAL: ____________________________________________________ 

• come from

I visited the city. John comes from the city.
→ I visited the city (that / which) John comes from.
FORMAL: ____________________________________________________ 

• apply for

The job is well paid. She applied for the job.
→ The job (which / that) she applied for is well paid.
FORMAL: ____________________________________________________