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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:
  • The troops had been taken to southern Libya from were they were rescued on Monday.
    Correction suggestion: where
  • Go back to were you came from.
    Correction suggestion: where
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: WERE_WHERE [4]
Version: 6.4-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-27 22:33:08 +0100)