A while is a time, a noun. The article a before while is a sure sign that you’re dealing with a noun. Awhile means for a time and it’s an adverb. Read the rest at Grammar Girl : “A While” Versus “Awhile”
Month: May 2010
Dashes, Parentheses, and Commas
In general, you can think of parentheses, commas, and dashes as a continuum of marks. Parentheses are the quiet whisper of an aside, commas are the conversational voice of a friend walking by your desk, and dashes are the yowl of a pirate dashing into a fray. Read more at Dashes, Parentheses, and Commas
Difference between emigrate and immigrate
This is part of the difference between series. Recently, someone asked me to explain difference between the words emigrate and immigrate. Here’s the difference between the two.