ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF PLACE
Adverbial Clauses of Place
 The place of the action of the verb of the main
clause
 Identified by answering the question where
 Introduced by the subordinators:
Where anywhere
Wherever everywhere
Adverbial Clauses of place
Introduced by where show:
The place of the action of the main clause
e.g. I signed my name where he showed me.
The subordinator where preceded by the
intensifiers: just, right, even, only, such as:
e.g. Stay just where you are.
The direction of the action of the main clause
e.g. He went where his manager sent him.
Adverbial clauses of place
Clauses beginning with where can be nominal and
adjective clauses, performing the function of a
nominal modifier:
Subject: Where he lives is not known.
Object: I don’t know where they live.
SC: This is where he lives.
M: He often goes to the town where he was born.
Adverbial Clauses
Introduced by wherever and everywhere are used in
a generalizing sense:
Wherever I go I am welcome.
Everywhere they stopped people gathered around
them.
Adverbial Clauses of place
Can function as object of preposition:
e.g. I could see well from where I was.
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Adverbial clauses of place

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    Adverbial Clauses ofPlace  The place of the action of the verb of the main clause  Identified by answering the question where  Introduced by the subordinators: Where anywhere Wherever everywhere
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    Adverbial Clauses ofplace Introduced by where show: The place of the action of the main clause e.g. I signed my name where he showed me. The subordinator where preceded by the intensifiers: just, right, even, only, such as: e.g. Stay just where you are. The direction of the action of the main clause e.g. He went where his manager sent him.
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    Adverbial clauses ofplace Clauses beginning with where can be nominal and adjective clauses, performing the function of a nominal modifier: Subject: Where he lives is not known. Object: I don’t know where they live. SC: This is where he lives. M: He often goes to the town where he was born.
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    Adverbial Clauses Introduced bywherever and everywhere are used in a generalizing sense: Wherever I go I am welcome. Everywhere they stopped people gathered around them.
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    Adverbial Clauses ofplace Can function as object of preposition: e.g. I could see well from where I was.
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