he was in a hard situation where he found it hard to deal with others为什么不用that而用where?为什么不看成同位语从句而是定语从句？
问题描述：
he was in a hard situation where he found it hard to deal with others为什么不用that而用where?
为什么不看成同位语从句而是定语从句？
答
因为先行词是一个地点，所以，应该用表地点的where来修饰。
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先行词situation在从句是地点状语
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situation是表示处境,基本结构是：in the situation,所以修饰它的从句的先行词就要用where,而不能用that,用 in which 倒是可以的.