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Rule "were (where)"

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Description:	were (where)
Message:	Did you mean where \2 \3?
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:	I guess you are getting a lot of mails were people are asking the same. Correction suggestion: where people are
Correct sentences for comparison:	Those who were present were glad at the news. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel with 100 million... The country they were in was nice. The question we were given was: Once he moved to the city, there were times were he felt quite lonely. They were Peter's of course.
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ID:	WERE_WHERE [5]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)

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