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Friday, 22 June 2018

Awhile , A while

The two words do not mean the same thing: 
awhile means for a short time, 
e.g. Let's wait awhile
a while means for some time
e.g. She's been gone a while.
Posted by Rakesh Krishnan at 21:55
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