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Originally Posted by HarryT
small but annoying grammatical errors (eg "Do not panic if it takes me awhile to meet you" -> should be "a while", not "awhile")
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Is it actually incorrect?
http://blog.dictionary.com/word-fact...le-and-awhile/
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The Difference Between “A While” and “Awhile”
The noun phrase a while can and often does follow a preposition, such as for or in: “He said he would be home in a while.” The adverb awhile cannot follow a preposition, a rule that makes sense if you revisit the definition of the term and drop it into a sentence such as the one above: “He said he would be home in for a short time or period.” However, if we omit the preposition and rewrite it as “He said he would be home awhile,” the sentence works with a slightly altered meaning.
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