From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxj!mhuxv!burl!sb1!ll1!ihldt!ihnp4!ihuxr!lew Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: "while" vs. "compared with" Article-I.D.: ihuxr.284 Posted: Fri Jan 14 10:15:46 1983 Received: Sat Jan 15 07:40:35 1983 Reply-To: lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.) brunix!gh suggested using the sentence: "This year's production is 17,500, while last year's was only 13,000." instead of: "This year's production is 17,500, compared with 13,000 last year." This use of "while" is condemned in "The Elements of Style" by Strunk & White. They say that "while" should be only be used to relate events which actually happen at the same time. I suggest the following: "This year's production is 17,500. Never mind last year's." Lew Mammel, Jr. ihuxr!lew