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Rule "where (were)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	where (were)
Message:	Did you mean <suggestion>were</suggestion>, the simple past of "to be"?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/was-vs-were-grammar/#when-to-use-%E2%80%9Cwere%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	It seems unlikely that they where going to achieve it. Correction suggestion: were There where major delays because of weather. Correction suggestion: were
Correct sentences for comparison:	And it was from there where I drove back to camp. Yet, are we there where our founding fathers wanted us to be? There were public showers there where homeless people could get cleaned up. Montreal is just happy to be there where losing is no option. Take me there where the sky is shimmering of a flourishing shuffling. Tell me why, I can't be there where you are... And how many other businesses are there where the retailer has no control over price? There was a long time there where my feelings for him was hella twisted. Additionally, there was a couple there where a woman had her entire arm adorned with a huge elaborate tattoo.
ID:	THEY_WHERE [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-23 22:33:08 +0200)

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