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from where vs where from

Both "from where" and "where from" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "From where" is more commonly used in formal writing, while "where from" is more common in spoken English. The choice between them depends on the formality of the context.

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from where

This phrase is correct and commonly used in formal writing.

Use "from where" in formal writing or when you want to emphasize the starting point of something.

Examples:

Can you tell me from where this package was sent?
I wonder from where the inspiration for this painting came.

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About three metres from where Parker fired.
27 miles from where the train was stopped.
That is from where the tensions arise.
Your village is a free hundred kilometers from where.
Not far from where we first met.
Not from where I was standing.
Not far from where you left me.
Have these returned from where they sprang.
And there's a diner called Taylor's two blocks from where you are.
Not from where I was standing.
The view from where I sit is quite different.
There was a portrait photographer three streets down from where I grew up.
Just... a bit away from where it happened.
Less than a block away from where Angela disappeared from.
We're only 30 miles from where the flying fishes play.
I found the tree... not far from where your soldiers are camped.
You can see a river from where George is.
It's not so far from where we are.
Never says from where he arrives.
The debris path starts approximately 100 yards from where the vehicle came to rest.

Alternatives:

where did it come from
from which place
from which location
from what location
from what place

where from

This phrase is correct and commonly used in spoken English.

Use "where from" in spoken English or informal writing when asking about the origin or source of something.

Examples:

Where from did you get that information?
I'm not sure where from he got that idea.

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Only we don't know where from exactly.
The question was, where from?
Old man, where from?
May I ask where from?
911 got a report of shots fired, but the caller didn't know where from.
Do we have any idea where from exactly?
Who taken this peg where from here?
You don't know where from.
I wonder where from.
I don't know where from
Don't you want to know where from?
But she didn't know where from.
Information is exchanged with the competent authorities where from imported or transferred weapons originate.
Yes. But I just can't remember where from.
Something like optic art, shimmering lines that trick the eye and form various shapes that seem familiar but you don't know where from.
There's a few places marked in these woods, it's hard to tell exactly where from the photo.
Well, if you ask me exactly where from, exactly...
I don't know where from.
Do you know where from, Garcia?
Do you know where from, Garcia?

Alternatives:

from where
from which place
from which location
from what location
from what place

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