How to use “in which”
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"He came by a couple of jobs in the field of journalism, in which he had to travel a lot between states, and so it wasn't very practical."
Do I use "in which" here, and if so, should there be a comma before it? Is there any other grammatical error in the sentence?
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"He came by a couple of jobs in the field of journalism, in which he had to travel a lot between states, and so it wasn't very practical."
Do I use "in which" here, and if so, should there be a comma before it? Is there any other grammatical error in the sentence?
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I would use for which he had to travel for his job, not in his job.
– Jim
Apr 5 at 21:14
...or possibly: "...jobs in the field of journalism which required a lot of travel between states..." (no comma)
– Cascabel
Apr 5 at 21:35
I prefer Cascabel's rephrase, or something like ..., but they involved a lot of travel between states, so weren't very practical. Personally I think in is better than for, and the main problem with your sentence is it comes after field of journalism, so we read in the field of journalism at first and then have to go back. In that role, I had to travel a lot is fine, and job can have the same meaning as role.
– Minty
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"He came by a couple of jobs in the field of journalism, in which he had to travel a lot between states, and so it wasn't very practical."
Do I use "in which" here, and if so, should there be a comma before it? Is there any other grammatical error in the sentence?
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"He came by a couple of jobs in the field of journalism, in which he had to travel a lot between states, and so it wasn't very practical."
Do I use "in which" here, and if so, should there be a comma before it? Is there any other grammatical error in the sentence?
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I would use for which he had to travel for his job, not in his job.
– Jim
Apr 5 at 21:14
...or possibly: "...jobs in the field of journalism which required a lot of travel between states..." (no comma)
– Cascabel
Apr 5 at 21:35
I prefer Cascabel's rephrase, or something like ..., but they involved a lot of travel between states, so weren't very practical. Personally I think in is better than for, and the main problem with your sentence is it comes after field of journalism, so we read in the field of journalism at first and then have to go back. In that role, I had to travel a lot is fine, and job can have the same meaning as role.
– Minty
yesterday
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I would use for which he had to travel for his job, not in his job.
– Jim
Apr 5 at 21:14
...or possibly: "...jobs in the field of journalism which required a lot of travel between states..." (no comma)
– Cascabel
Apr 5 at 21:35
I prefer Cascabel's rephrase, or something like ..., but they involved a lot of travel between states, so weren't very practical. Personally I think in is better than for, and the main problem with your sentence is it comes after field of journalism, so we read in the field of journalism at first and then have to go back. In that role, I had to travel a lot is fine, and job can have the same meaning as role.
– Minty
yesterday
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I would use for which he had to travel for his job, not in his job.
– Jim
Apr 5 at 21:14
I would use for which he had to travel for his job, not in his job.
– Jim
Apr 5 at 21:14
...or possibly: "...jobs in the field of journalism which required a lot of travel between states..." (no comma)
– Cascabel
Apr 5 at 21:35
...or possibly: "...jobs in the field of journalism which required a lot of travel between states..." (no comma)
– Cascabel
Apr 5 at 21:35
I prefer Cascabel's rephrase, or something like ..., but they involved a lot of travel between states, so weren't very practical. Personally I think in is better than for, and the main problem with your sentence is it comes after field of journalism, so we read in the field of journalism at first and then have to go back. In that role, I had to travel a lot is fine, and job can have the same meaning as role.
– Minty
yesterday
I prefer Cascabel's rephrase, or something like ..., but they involved a lot of travel between states, so weren't very practical. Personally I think in is better than for, and the main problem with your sentence is it comes after field of journalism, so we read in the field of journalism at first and then have to go back. In that role, I had to travel a lot is fine, and job can have the same meaning as role.
– Minty
yesterday
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Possible duplicate / combination of "In which" or "of which"? and Comma usage before “in which”.
From the answers in these two similar questions, I would answer your question by saying for which with a comma.
However there are a few other parts of the sentence that confuse me as a native speaker:
- "He came by a couple of jobs" could have a number of different meanings:
- He physically walked past the jobs. (Not likely with this context)
- He worked a couple of jobs over the years. (Possible but doesn't really fit)
- He became aware of a couple of jobs (likely what you mean)
- The current sentence structure suggests that the subject is the field of journalism rather than the jobs themselves. (The field of journalism should not be the subject because it is the jobs that require travel.)
- I'm not sure if "and so" is technically improper grammar but it sounds very strange to me. I would just say "so"
- I'm not sure what the "it" in "it wasn't very practical" is referring to.
- Does "it" refer to the field of journalism? It is strange to label an entire field of work as impractical
- Does "it" refer to the jobs? The jobs are plural, so the sentence should say "they weren't very practical."
- If this sentence were not by itself, I would assume "it" refers to the subject of the previous sentence.
If I were to rewrite the sentence, I would say something like:
He found some Journalist jobs, but they were not practical because they required out-of-state travel.
answered 2 days ago
evnevn
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So you would rewrite the original as "He came by a couple of jobs [in the field of journalism], for which he had to travel a lot between states..."??? It is arguably a restrictive relative clause. Why would it need a comma?
– Cascabel
2 days ago
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Possible duplicate / combination of "In which" or "of which"? and Comma usage before “in which”.
From the answers in these two similar questions, I would answer your question by saying for which with a comma.
However there are a few other parts of the sentence that confuse me as a native speaker:
- "He came by a couple of jobs" could have a number of different meanings:
- He physically walked past the jobs. (Not likely with this context)
- He worked a couple of jobs over the years. (Possible but doesn't really fit)
- He became aware of a couple of jobs (likely what you mean)
- The current sentence structure suggests that the subject is the field of journalism rather than the jobs themselves. (The field of journalism should not be the subject because it is the jobs that require travel.)
- I'm not sure if "and so" is technically improper grammar but it sounds very strange to me. I would just say "so"
- I'm not sure what the "it" in "it wasn't very practical" is referring to.
- Does "it" refer to the field of journalism? It is strange to label an entire field of work as impractical
- Does "it" refer to the jobs? The jobs are plural, so the sentence should say "they weren't very practical."
- If this sentence were not by itself, I would assume "it" refers to the subject of the previous sentence.
If I were to rewrite the sentence, I would say something like:
He found some Journalist jobs, but they were not practical because they required out-of-state travel.
answered 2 days ago
evnevn
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So you would rewrite the original as "He came by a couple of jobs [in the field of journalism], for which he had to travel a lot between states..."??? It is arguably a restrictive relative clause. Why would it need a comma?
– Cascabel
2 days ago
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Possible duplicate / combination of "In which" or "of which"? and Comma usage before “in which”.
From the answers in these two similar questions, I would answer your question by saying for which with a comma.
However there are a few other parts of the sentence that confuse me as a native speaker:
- "He came by a couple of jobs" could have a number of different meanings:
- He physically walked past the jobs. (Not likely with this context)
- He worked a couple of jobs over the years. (Possible but doesn't really fit)
- He became aware of a couple of jobs (likely what you mean)
- The current sentence structure suggests that the subject is the field of journalism rather than the jobs themselves. (The field of journalism should not be the subject because it is the jobs that require travel.)
- I'm not sure if "and so" is technically improper grammar but it sounds very strange to me. I would just say "so"
- I'm not sure what the "it" in "it wasn't very practical" is referring to.
- Does "it" refer to the field of journalism? It is strange to label an entire field of work as impractical
- Does "it" refer to the jobs? The jobs are plural, so the sentence should say "they weren't very practical."
- If this sentence were not by itself, I would assume "it" refers to the subject of the previous sentence.
If I were to rewrite the sentence, I would say something like:
He found some Journalist jobs, but they were not practical because they required out-of-state travel.
answered 2 days ago
evnevn
93
So you would rewrite the original as "He came by a couple of jobs [in the field of journalism], for which he had to travel a lot between states..."??? It is arguably a restrictive relative clause. Why would it need a comma?
– Cascabel
2 days ago
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Possible duplicate / combination of "In which" or "of which"? and Comma usage before “in which”.
From the answers in these two similar questions, I would answer your question by saying for which with a comma.
However there are a few other parts of the sentence that confuse me as a native speaker:
- "He came by a couple of jobs" could have a number of different meanings:
- He physically walked past the jobs. (Not likely with this context)
- He worked a couple of jobs over the years. (Possible but doesn't really fit)
- He became aware of a couple of jobs (likely what you mean)
- The current sentence structure suggests that the subject is the field of journalism rather than the jobs themselves. (The field of journalism should not be the subject because it is the jobs that require travel.)
- I'm not sure if "and so" is technically improper grammar but it sounds very strange to me. I would just say "so"
- I'm not sure what the "it" in "it wasn't very practical" is referring to.
- Does "it" refer to the field of journalism? It is strange to label an entire field of work as impractical
- Does "it" refer to the jobs? The jobs are plural, so the sentence should say "they weren't very practical."
- If this sentence were not by itself, I would assume "it" refers to the subject of the previous sentence.
If I were to rewrite the sentence, I would say something like:
He found some Journalist jobs, but they were not practical because they required out-of-state travel.
answered 2 days ago
evnevn
93
Possible duplicate / combination of "In which" or "of which"? and Comma usage before “in which”.
From the answers in these two similar questions, I would answer your question by saying for which with a comma.
However there are a few other parts of the sentence that confuse me as a native speaker:
- "He came by a couple of jobs" could have a number of different meanings:
- He physically walked past the jobs. (Not likely with this context)
- He worked a couple of jobs over the years. (Possible but doesn't really fit)
- He became aware of a couple of jobs (likely what you mean)
- The current sentence structure suggests that the subject is the field of journalism rather than the jobs themselves. (The field of journalism should not be the subject because it is the jobs that require travel.)
- I'm not sure if "and so" is technically improper grammar but it sounds very strange to me. I would just say "so"
- I'm not sure what the "it" in "it wasn't very practical" is referring to.
- Does "it" refer to the field of journalism? It is strange to label an entire field of work as impractical
- Does "it" refer to the jobs? The jobs are plural, so the sentence should say "they weren't very practical."
- If this sentence were not by itself, I would assume "it" refers to the subject of the previous sentence.
If I were to rewrite the sentence, I would say something like:
He found some Journalist jobs, but they were not practical because they required out-of-state travel.
answered 2 days ago
evnevn
93
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So you would rewrite the original as "He came by a couple of jobs [in the field of journalism], for which he had to travel a lot between states..."??? It is arguably a restrictive relative clause. Why would it need a comma?
– Cascabel
2 days ago
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So you would rewrite the original as "He came by a couple of jobs [in the field of journalism], for which he had to travel a lot between states..."??? It is arguably a restrictive relative clause. Why would it need a comma?
– Cascabel
2 days ago
So you would rewrite the original as "He came by a couple of jobs [in the field of journalism], for which he had to travel a lot between states..."??? It is arguably a restrictive relative clause. Why would it need a comma?
– Cascabel
2 days ago
So you would rewrite the original as "He came by a couple of jobs [in the field of journalism], for which he had to travel a lot between states..."??? It is arguably a restrictive relative clause. Why would it need a comma?
– Cascabel
2 days ago
add a comment |
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I would use for which he had to travel for his job, not in his job.
– Jim
Apr 5 at 21:14
...or possibly: "...jobs in the field of journalism which required a lot of travel between states..." (no comma)
– Cascabel
Apr 5 at 21:35
I prefer Cascabel's rephrase, or something like ..., but they involved a lot of travel between states, so weren't very practical. Personally I think in is better than for, and the main problem with your sentence is it comes after field of journalism, so we read in the field of journalism at first and then have to go back. In that role, I had to travel a lot is fine, and job can have the same meaning as role.
– Minty
yesterday