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- waive
- warmist
- warranty
- wary of
- wave
- Web (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)
- whatsoever
- when and if
- whereas
- where … at
- whether
- which
- while
- whiskey
- whisky
- Whitehorse
- Whitehorser
- Whitehorsian
- who
- whom
- who’s
- whose (1)
- whose (2)
- wide
- widow
- widow of the late
- Winnipeg
- Winnipegger
- with a view to
- withhold from
- with reference to
- with regard to
- with the exception of
- woman
- worship
- would
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if and when, when and if
Either if or when alone is usually enough, but the phrases if and when and when and if are sometimes used to emphasize the uncertainty of a future event.
- If (If and when) you do reach the mountaintop, be sure to take pictures.
- Lifeguards are trained to act quickly when and if emergencies occur.
- When and if they reached the New World, the captives were sold as slaves. (= When they reached the New World, and if they survived the journey . . .)
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