While and whilst are conjunctions whose primary meaning is "during the time that". An example is: The days were hot while we were on vacation. I read a magazine whilst I was waiting. While and whilst can nowadays legitimately be

Smarter people than I have not answered you yet; so, I shall have a go. Here in the United States, probably everyone would construe "competition" as singular. E.g., "The competition in this field is fierce." Of course, English

I agree with the above response, as well as others. WHILE is used for referencing a "moment" (He was patient WHILE he waited), kind of like a pivot, but nowadays is often used to also reference "time to a moment" (You should

I agree with Delmobile that this is in a telegraphic style common in informal business writing, which explains the missing definite articles. To agree a delivery date sounds OK to my (native British) ears, though. Agree can be transitive or

The group will have to share the responsiblities of the decision. = the group shall share the responsiblities of the decision. No. These are not the same Why are they not the same? " will have to" = "shall" ? will (= shall)

1) I don't think he would be willing to tell what is (I think this should be 'was') in his mind if we asked him to. -- Correct. I think. Yes, but the meanings are different: I don't think he would be willing to tell what is on his

They are often used interchangeably in dictionaries, but if you take them as IPA symbols they are two different vowel sounds. /e/ is higher in the IPA chart of vowels. / ɛ / is lower. This means your mouth is a little more open, because your jaw

(REFERENCE: misc.invest.stocks article titled "Can I ever get out of AMT hell (after a tax-naive ISO exercise)" dated Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:19:21 EST) I ask you American english experts: Is the use of "do do" a no no in an

I was recently chastised for composing a post to an American tax-related USENET newsgroup using "do do" in one of my sentences. Here is the quote: "talk is what politicians do when they don't want to do anything. Sometimes,

In this context, 'ages' means 'a long time'. I have ... have only had a good holiday for a short time. That's worthy of a Lewis Carroll character. And an example of corruption, rather than a serving suggestion. My preference