This is the way in which they solve the problem.这里的in which可否换where?

题目

This is the way in which they solve the problem.这里的in which可否换where?
they solve the problem in the way是从句,主谓宾都有了,那就是缺副词了,定语从句里,关系副词只有where,when ,why,而且where = in which,那里这里可否填in which表示一种“虚拟的地点”?

答案

不可以,这里从句是修饰前面的way（在这里的意思是“方法,方式,办法”）用in which的目的是为了避免从句以介词结尾不用in which而改用其他的关系副词应该是这样的：This is the way which they solve the problem by/...