Round 27, hour 19
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Date: 2012-03-24 06:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-24 06:07 pm (UTC)Just make sure it was you who wrote it and that there's no hidden giraffe propaganda in it.
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Date: 2012-03-24 06:21 pm (UTC)Or are they two different meanings/usages?
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Date: 2012-03-24 06:23 pm (UTC)Well, I just finished sending a list of Harry Potter fic recommendations to one of my former university professors (she is so awesome), so now I'm going to get dressed and hopefully sit down to write.
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Date: 2012-03-24 06:25 pm (UTC)Write!Write!Write!Write!
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Date: 2012-03-24 06:26 pm (UTC)Usage note
The adverb awhile is spelled as a single word: After stopping in Hadley awhile, we drove to Deerfield. As the object of a preposition, the noun phrase a while is used, especially in edited writing, but the single-word form is becoming increasingly common: We rested for a while (or awhile ).
Hmm. I have to admit, I usually go for 'a while'. I don't trust 'awhile'.
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Date: 2012-03-24 06:27 pm (UTC)Other than the bit where you get devoured by giraffes, of course.
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Date: 2012-03-24 06:29 pm (UTC)My spell checker keeps blue-lining 'awhile', separated it looks better (not that it means much in grammar :P)
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Date: 2012-03-24 07:07 pm (UTC)"When “awhile” is spelled as a single word, it is an adverb meaning “for a time” (“stay awhile”); but when “while” is the object of a prepositional phrase, like “Lend me your monkey wrench for a while” the “while” must be separated from the “a.” (But if the preposition “for” were lacking in this sentence, “awhile” could be used in this way: “Lend me your monkey wrench awhile.”)
My preference for 'a while' probably stems partly from the fact that it's never wrong. 'Awhile' can be an error, or it can be correct.
ETA: Here's another, very good summary:
USAGE NOTE Awhile, an adverb, is never preceded by a preposition such as for, but the two-word form a while may be preceded by a preposition. In writing, each of the following is acceptable: 'stay awhile'; 'stay for a while'; 'stay a while' (but not 'stay for awhile').
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Date: 2012-03-24 07:22 pm (UTC)I did uh, well, I forget how many words I did at the last checkin, and I think I missed one, but I'm currently at 1051 words since I started this morning.
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