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Rule "were (where)"

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Description:	were (where)
Message:	Did you mean where?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/where-vs-wear-vs-were-vs-we-re/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	This is the place were the police is not looking at. Correction suggestion: where The chateau is one of the places were the weapons were planned to be launched from. Correction suggestion: where This is the page were the charts are embedded Correction suggestion: where
Correct sentences for comparison:	On which day of the week were Peter born? But bankers close to the deal were confident Bulgaria could borrow at between 7 and 8 per cent, or between 380 and 420 basis points over the eurozone benchmark, depending on the maturity. Once customers became comfortable using the Web to handle basic HR needs, the only questions they had for the operators were questions most couldn't answer.
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ID:	WERE_WHERE [17]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)

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