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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Don't Confuse These Two!

Just a quickie for today...but a mistake I am seeing more and more often. It bugs the heck outta me. Where is an adverb meaning "in what location." Were is a verb, the past tense of "to be," meaning "formerly" or "existed in the past." Perhaps the mistakes I am seeing are the result of sloppy... Sign in to see full entry.

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