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Originally Posted by dogsbody70
"I shall go shopping whilst/while or (WHEN) you are at the footie (football match)." meaning intention of going shopping. Unless something happens to prevent it.
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Your examples are rather good, but I just wondered if 'whilst' is appropriate to use when explaining vocabulary to a learner of English? I know I'm totally guilty of using 'whilst' all the time myself, but I read somewhere that 'whilst' and 'amongst' are British terms, not really common in other types of English? I don't know, but I just wondered if it would perhaps confuse a foriegn learner for British terms to be thrown in. I could be (and probably am) wrong though!