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