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The word awhile is an adverb meaning "for a while." The two-word expression a while is the article a plus the noun while, which means "a period of time" (as in "stay here for a while") or "the time and effort used" (as in "worth your while").
'Awhile' is typically used to modify a verb: "I'm going to sit and read awhile." 'A while' is typically used after a preposition: "I'm going to read for a while longer."
- Perhaps having to wait awhile isn't an entirely bad thing.
- —Liza Mundy, The Atlantic, June 2015
- She was having computer trouble, she told him, and would be offline for a while.
- —Mark Warren, Esquire, April 2015
- At a luncheon I attended recently, a speaker shared with the audience something I had said a while ago.
- —Constance C. R. White, Essence, November 2012
- Living deep in the Pennsylvania woods a while back, I became familiar with the trees that shaded my house and provided fuel for the stove….
- —Laurence A. Marschall, Natural History, May 2015
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/awhile-usage
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发表于 2016-12-6 09:07:21
