Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 12, 2014

I love these philosophical moments in Peanuts.

sorry, but there just is no such word as “awhile.” two words. always. that’s the way it is.

20-30 years should be enough time, but I’ll let you know for sure in another 10…

Problems never go away all by themselves, Charlie Brown.

wonder what made Linus ask this…what could be troubling him?

Sadly, most people take that final option…

Here’s what Wictionary says about it –

Since awhile means “for a while,” it is never used with a preceding preposition, as one is already included. When preceded by a preposition, the correct form is “a while,” as two words, as in “once in a while.” Compare “sit with me awhile” and “sit with me for a while”.

Or to paraphrase Charlie Brown: Always put off for tomorrow what you don’t want to do today. Maybe it’ll take care of itself somehow. (that works on occasion).

My man Charlie Brown. Right on! Or, never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid doing altogether.

Awhile is a word, but Schulz used it wrong. From Wiktionary: "Since awhile means “for a while”, it is never used with a preceding preposition, as one is already included. When preceded by a preposition, the correct form is “a while”, as two words, as in once in a while. Compare “sit with me awhile” and “sit with me for a while”.