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skinfaxi
4 months ago
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Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human...
It's to be used when the word that follows begins with a vowel sound.
moi2388
4 months ago
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Is it? Do you have a source for this? Afaik ‘while’ is often used in US English and ‘whilst’ in British English.
finghin
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both are definitely used in modern British English, but whilst is strange to my ears as I grew up in Ireland
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