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When “awhile” is spelled as a single word, it is an adverb meaning “for a time” (“stay awhile”); but when “while” is the object of a prepositional phrase, like “Lend me your monkey wrench for a while” the “while” must be separated from the “a.” (But if the preposition “for” were lacking in this sentence, “awhile” could be used in this way: “Lend me your ... Full story

Sometime means "at an indefinite or unstated time in the future." Some time means "a period of time." Sometimes means "occasionally, now and then." Examples:... Full story

Is there a difference between being anxious to do something and being eager to do something? Yes. To be anxious is to be nervous, worried, or concerned about something; to be eager is to look forward to something.... Full story

If you are delivering newspapers from a bike you can pedal it around the neighborhood (perhaps wearing “pedal-pushers”), but when you sell them from a newsstand you peddle them. Did you know this? I will wait for your response in comment form. Thanks Paul Brian Full story

“Carrots” are those crunchy orange vegetables Bugs Bunny is so fond of, but this spelling gets misused for the less familiar words which are pronounced the same but have very different meanings. Precious stones like diamonds are weighed in carats. The same word is used to express the proportion of pure gold in an alloy, though in this usage it is sometimes spelled “karat” (hence the ... Full story