"Although" Versus "While" Today's topic is “although” versus “while.”
I often have to tell people that their pet peeves aren't actually hard-and-fast grammar rules. I have to tell people that it's OK to split infinitives, and that in some cases it's fine to end a sentence with a preposition or use the word “between” when they're choosing among more than two items. I know it's upsetting to learn that your nearest and dearest beliefs are wrong, so this week, I'm going to talk about my own mistaken peeve.
It bugs me no end when people use “while” to mean “although” or “whereas,” but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't convince myself that I am right. “Although”: A Concessive Conjunction. English. Dewey Browse. A Virtual Library of Useful URLs - 100 Philosophy and Psychology. We are in the process of updating all the resources in the virtual library The library will remain closed until we have updated all the links.
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