the way后接定语从句的问题定语从句中,the way后面可以接三种形式：the way that...、the way in which...、the way什么都不加.在句中：I like the way in which he talks.从句中不缺少成分,所以用in which,但在I like the way that he talks.一句中,从句为什么要用that?定语从句里that不是要充当成分呢么?还有I like the way he talks.为什么要什么都不加?我想知道具体的原因，

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限制性定语从句的特殊用法
1. way + 定语从句
way 后面跟定语从句有三种形式。
(1) way + in which + 定语从句
例如：
She was pleased with the way in which he had accepted her criticism.
(2) way + that +定语从句
例如：
They didn’t do it in the way that we do now.
(3) way + 定语从句
例如：
He didn’t speak the way I do.
当way做先行词时，后面跟的定语从句缺少状语时，关系词可以使用that，in which或者不加关系词
I didn't like the way that he eyed me.
I didn't like the way in which he eyed me.
I didn't like the way he eyed me.
那就是他说话的样子。
正：That's how he spoke．（表语从句）
正：That's the way he spoke．
正：That's the way（that） he spoke．
正：That's the way（in which）he spoke．
误：That's the way how he spoke．
我不喜欢他那样笑她。
正：I don't like the way he laughs at her．
正：I don't like the way（that）he laughs at her．
正：I don't like the way（in which）he laughs at her．
误：I don't like the way how he laughs at her．
他同我们说话的方式值得怀疑。
正：The way he spoke to us was suspicious．
正：The way（that）he spoke to us was suspicious．
正：The way（in which）he spoke to us was suspicious．
误：The way how he spoke to us was suspicious．

that很多情况下都可以省略的,正因为什么成分都不充当,所以才能省略.你说的那三种情况其实都对,怎么用都行.
也就是说在定语从句中 in which= that = (that省略)

I like the way in which he talks.从句中不是不缺少成分，而是in which 充当了talk的宾语，in which指代in the way；同理that也可指代the way，做宾语。最后可以省略是因为he talks 的主句已经很清楚，就是the way ，因此he talks后置和 the way一起表示一个从句。