From: utzoo!dciem!mmt Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: "while" vs. "compared with" Article-I.D.: dciem.144 Posted: Sat Jan 15 13:30:14 1983 Received: Sat Jan 15 13:52:33 1983 References: ihuxr.284 Surely the appropriate replacement for a misused "while" is usually "whereas"? For example: "This year's production is 17,500, while last year's was only 13,000." should be "This year's production is 17,500, whereas last year's was only 13,000." Martin Taylor