381. weather, whether, wether
1. Weather - state of the atmosphere; to come through safely
2. Whether - if
3. Wether - castrated ram

382. whoever, who ever
1. Whoever - anyone who
2. Who ever - Who ever did said that? Ever is an adverb.

383. when, where
1. Don't use either of these words in a definition
2. When - Wrong: Fatique is when you are tired.
3. Where - Wrong Home is where you sleep.

384. who, which, that
1. Who - Use who for writing about people.
2. Which - Use if writing about places, objects and animals
3. That - Use if referring to a class, species or type

385. whose, who's
1. Whose - possessive of who
2. Who's - contraction of who is

386. wood, would
1. Wood - lumber
2. Would - an auxiliary verb form (as in they would like some)

387. yoke, yolk
1. Yoke - a cross piece that holds two things together; an oppressive constraint
2. Yolk - The yellow part of the egg

388. your, you're
1. Your - belonging to you
2. You're - contraction of you are

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