At 2:34 PM -0500 12/14/01, tasha howe wrote: >ok folks, when did "a while" and "every day" become one word? I correct >these so much in student papers and then this year I've seen them on >billboards, commercials, print ads, and even scientific articles. Now I >have to accept them in papers!
From the Merriam-Webster (the REAL Webster) Collegiate Dictionary: Main Entry: awhile Pronunciation: &-'hwI(&)l, &-'wI(&)l Function: adverb Date: before 12th century : for a while usage Although considered a solecism by many commentators, awhile, like several other adverbs of time and place, is often used as the object of a preposition <for awhile there is a silence -- Lord Dunsany>. Main Entry: ev�ery�day Pronunciation: "ev-rE-"dA Function: adjective Date: circa 1623 : encountered or used routinely or typically : ORDINARY <everyday clothes> - ev�ery�day�ness /-'dA-n&s/ noun * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
