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Avatar is set in an Asiatic-inspired world in which some people can telekinetically manipulate one of the four elements

i saw this sentence on wikipedia.

does it necessary to put an in before which? I basically can not understand the necessity of in. Is it possible to write it without in? to me its much more clear in that way.

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  • "Avatar is set in an Asiatic-inspired world. In that world, some people can..."
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Jan 3, 2023 at 11:27

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If you rearrange the sentence to get rid of the relative clause, you get:

Some people can telekinetically manipulate one of the four elements in the Asiatic-inspired world of Avatar.

Since you need in in this rearranged sentence, you need to say in which; just dropping the in would be ungrammatical.

However, your instinct is correct ... getting rid of the in is a good idea, and you can do this by using where instead of in which:

Avatar is set in an Asiatic-inspired world where some people can manipulate one of the four elements.

This sentence is clearer than the original.

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  • If you want to drop in and keep which you need to add a verb which has which (meaning world) as its subject. This would require other changes as well. For example "Avatar is set in an Asiatic-inspired world which has some people who can manipulate one of the four elements". Whatever you write after which has to be able to follow The Avatar world - like "The Avatar world has some people who can manipulate one of the four elements".
    – Peter
    Commented Jan 3, 2023 at 13:15

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