difference between ''anyways'' and ''anyway''

0 They are the same thing, but if I remember well, 01b00anyways02b00 is a wrong form used in very informal contexts. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. 0-

0I believe you are right about "anyways". "Anyway", to me, has always been the correct form. 0-

0 This is a good post. I always used to say "anyways" from childhood, though I've come across a few people in my time who told me anywayS isn't a real word.0-

0 As far as I know, 'anyways' is used primarily in American English, though it is not used by all Americans. It is an informal, nonstandard form of 'anyway'.0-

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01cite10Yankee12cite10As far as I know, 'anyways' is used primarily in American English, though it is not used by all Americans. It is an informal, nonstandard form of 'anyway'.12br
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10 01b01font00My 01i00American Heritage 02i00dictionary

0 00Anyways is the plural of anyway. Because anyway can in no way be used as a noun, it cannot be pluralized. Only nouns can be pluralized. Anyways is most definatly not a word. 00 0-

I think "anyway" is correct.
I hear "anyways" in Canada. However, according to Oxford American Dictionary
anyways is incorrect.

Anyway is an adverb and adverbs cannot be plural. Anyways is a colloquial usage and is non-standard English.

Forget about noun, pronoun or adverbs etc, for instance let us use the loic of the word anyway and anyways, when we use the word anyway its just one way where anyways leads us to manyways its correct to say that the word anyways is not only a non-standand form of anyway but it is below the standard.

"Anyways" means "any how". You don't say anyhows. If you do, bad grammar. Anyways is colloquial. People get used to saying things in a different way, especially when you get used to hearing it. I prefer "anyway". "Anyways" just annoys me when I hear someone using it.