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Originally Posted by Harper Kingsley
I always just use "awhile." I think it's an Americanism, like "I could care less."
What I've always been told is that whatever school of grammar you subscribe to, at least be consistent with it. If you've got "awhile" in part, but "a while" in another, and they're both basically being used in the same way... well, people are more likely to notice the mistake.
"Fake it 'til you make it." Should that be just "til?"  |
But it's not "a school of grammar". Saying "for awhile" is just plain wrong. Perhaps you weren't aware of this until now, but now that you do know, why not correct your usage? It's an easy "rule" to remember: if you use "for" then use the separate words "a while". If you use it on its own, associated with a verb, then it's the single word "awhile".
Eg, "We talked awhile until dinner was ready"
or:
"We talked for a while until dinner was ready"