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