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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

correct sentence

Which is correct and why?

We expect the new shipment to arrive towards end of November.
We expect the new shipment will arrive toward end of November.
  

Top answer

Anonymous...... We expect the new shipment to arrive towards the end of November. We expect the new shipment will arrive toward the end of November.

— Canadian45

  • Anonymous......
  • We expect the new shipment to arrive towards the end of November.
  • We expect the new shipment will arrive toward the end of November.
  • Both are correct now.
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Anonymous......We expect the new shipment to arrive towards the end of November.
We expect the new shipment will arrive toward the end of November.
Both are correct now.
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hello, @canadian45... but my boss insist that i must use to instead of will.
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Strawberryphiehello, @canadian45... but my boss insists that I must use "to" instead of "will".
Actually, I didn't notice the "to" and "will.
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can i ask why you prefer to use "to"?
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canadian45......We expect the new shipment to arrive towards the end of November.
We expect the new shipment will arrive toward the end of November.
two reasons
!) "to arrive" is the usual way to say that.
2) The second one would be better with 'expect that the new shipment will....'.
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Well if you add an 's' on the end of toward in the second sentence, then yes both sentences are OK.
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Jas21Well if you add an 's' on the end of toward in the second sentence, then yes both sentences are OK.
It's okay without the 's'.
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Thanks ... actually I think it sounds even better if you say ... towards the end ...
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"Toward" is American, "towards" is British.
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