Among , Amongst , While , Whilst

briank · Post by **briank** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:46 pm

Hello there,
My name is Brian and I'm from Singapore.
I must say that I really enjoy reading the stuff that have been posted on this forum; it's really an education for me !

I also just wanted to find out if there are any differences between
the conjunctions - 1) among and amongst and 2) while and whilst.
I don't think I've ever used amongst or whilst in writing.

Thanking you in advance.
Brian

JuanTwoThree · Post by **JuanTwoThree** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:51 pm

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-whi2.htm

Quinion's World Wide Words is always worth a look for this kind of thing.

briank · Post by **briank** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:03 pm

Hello JuanTwoThree
Thank you for giving the site. It helps clear things up for me

Best Wishes
Brian