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问题: an English question

A man who was bored was living in London and desired to move to the country was looking for a house from which he could get to his office in the city easily every day.
请帮我分析一下这句的成分:
a,这里的from which可以用where代吗?
b,我觉得desired前省略who,不然 a man desired to move to the country was looking for a house...就解释不通了,对吗?

解答:

(a) 不可以
(b) That's not a problem, you don't need a 'who' there. But the sentence sounds odd. It should be splitted up:

A man who was bored was living in London and desired to move to the country. He was looking for a house from which...

Long sentences are bad.