About "where" and "when"
Windows users are familiar with the situation where the computer just freezes up.
Windows users are familiar with the situation when the computer just freezes up.
There seems to be a tendency that American people like to use "where" instead of "when" in situations like this. Is it true?

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About "where" and "when"
Windows users are familiar with the situation where the computer just freezes up.
Windows users are familiar with the situation when the computer just freezes up.
There seems to be a tendency that American people like to use "where" instead of "when" in situations like this. Is it true?

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Actually, the correct word here is "where". A situation is a place, it is not a time. So you must use "where".

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The correct answer is Where , but as you know even English speaker make mistakes, and with time it becomes normal in ear . but used Where here.

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Both mean vaguely the same thing in this situation.
When is more like the time that something is going to happen, as in it hasn't already happened to the computer and where is more like when it happens.
Both are right in this type of sentance, I don't know how to exactly explain it properly. 
Sorry if that didn't help. ^^;;

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