Friday, March 8, 2019

relative clauses - Using "where" in this sentence


I wrote this sentence (actually, part of it ;)



Similar problems may arise if a voiceless plosive /p/ is understood as a voiced plosive /b/ then a ‘pour’ becomes a ‘bore’. It is especially the case for the Arabic language where there is no sound for /p/.




I used "where" because I used "the case" before it. I hope it doesn't refer to the "Arabic language"?! does my construction convey what I mean?


Actually, I am asking about the reference of "where" in the sentence. Because a language is not a location! then it must refer to the "case". For example probably I couldn't say:



In Arabic where there is no sound for /p/, a "pour" may be perceived a "bore"





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