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In response to
"the strangest thought just came to me . . . is there really any real difference between "awhile" and "a while" ? -- nm"
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call me Ishmael
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Wheel of Google Definitions, Turn Turn Turn
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
May 12 '15, 10:05
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"As a noun phrase after a preposition such as after, for, in, within, one should use two words, a while. In that case, it means 'a short or moderate time'. If one is using the term adverbially, it should be spelled as one word, awhile, which means 'for a short time'."
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