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Re:Writing, Briefly by mhb on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @08:38AM (#188449)
So you're not using aif or awhen I bet.
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Re:Writing, Briefly by euccastro on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @11:56AM (#188677) 

    a·naph·o·ra [...]
        –noun
        1.  Also called epanaphora. Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. [...]
        2.  Grammar. the use of a word as a regular grammatical substitute for a preceding word or group of words [...]
        3. (sometimes initial capital letter) Eastern Church. [...]
Aif and awhen use meaning 2, while this essay probably means 1.
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