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By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:06:38 +0000

Don’t you just love it, Jim… I did find sources that say “awhile” is okay, fyi.

By: James E. Carroll

James E. Carroll — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:29:05 +0000

“A while” is correct. I realized that as soon as I hit “submit”, but there’s no way to edit a comment. So we both tripped on the same vine, in a manner of speaking.

Jim

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:08:10 +0000

James, you’re right, or almost, and I didn’t know that… the almost is that many sources say it should be “a while” although many say “awhile” is fine.

Thanks – wonder if I’ll manage to remember this!

By: James E. Carroll

James E. Carroll — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:47:21 +0000

It’s “once IN awhile”, not “once AND awhile”.

Normally I don’t’ go around criticizing the writing of others, but what the heck, this is ABOUT writing, isn’t it?