Not a day goes by "where" / "when"...

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Are both "Not a day goes by where..." and "Not a day goes by when..." grammatically correct? Isn't there any difference in meaning?

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I don't like either and would go with "Not a day goes by that ...."
 

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As I read the first post, these came into my mind:

Not a day goes by but I shed tears...
Not a day goes by but I'm thankful,


I don't know whether I would say them, but 'but' sounds more natural to me than 'where', 'when' and perhaps even 'that'. I haven't yet been able to track down any examples of this, so it may be just my imagination playing tricks.
 

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My imagination was playing tricks. COCA gives two examples of 'where', 17 of 'when', and 39 of 'that'. And 'but'? None.:oops:
 
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