Is it "where" or "when" in the following sentence?
"Learning is a state of mind where you don't feel guilty for your mistakes. Keep learning, everybody!"

Thanks in advance!

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Is it "where" or "when" in the following sentence?
"Learning is a state of mind where you don't feel guilty for your mistakes. Keep learning, everybody!"

Thanks in advance!

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I think "in which" is more correct, but people often use "where" in this kind of sentence.

You can reorder the sentence to see how the different options sound:
1. I am in a state of mind where I don't feel guilty
2. I am in a state of mind when I don't feel guilty
3. I am in a state of mind in which I don't feel guilty

Personally I think 3 is correct, 1 is commonly used, and 2 is not correct.

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or you can use 'in which'

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it can only be “where” in the sentence～

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