[geeks] Re: geeks digest, Vol 1 #2157 - 20 msgs

dana at dtn.com dana at dtn.com
Wed Nov 20 15:45:26 CST 2002


>> Yea...And "whilst" is any better?
>
>It is in the dictionary, and used correctly...

Lord help us all if inclusion in a dictionary is the sole arbiter of proper
"English".

"Ain't" is also in the dictionary.

"Whilst" cannot be used correctly.  It can mean nothing other then "while",
it is a cutesy British thing (of which there are almost as many as cutsey
American things.)

Dan



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