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01cite10Clive12cite10You can use '11font10forward12font10', but 11font10not 'forwards'12font10 as an 11font10adjective12font10. But I wouldn't worry about that, because we don't use it a lot as an adjecti

The word 'forwards' is still used in Britain. Though I'm not sure how much longer it will be around, as more and more of the younger generation seem to pick up their language from TV, and their interests seem to be dominated by American shows. The same with towards/toward. 'Towards' is British, while Americans largely prefer 'toward'. Recently I heard a BBC reporter say 'toward' and I heard a

AnonymousAmericanisms is something you'd never have heard British reporters use a decade or so ago.

Right you are! I never heard a British person say Hi! until the 1980s in London. That didn't bother me in the least, though. And as the regulars on these forums know Iwill make sure that there'll always be Finnishisms in English.

Forward is the formal usage. Consider why there would be an "s" appended to forward in the first place. It is unnecessary and so it should be removed.

Lazarus Anonymous wrote:Hi,
P/S help me to be enlightened about the proper usage of the two words mentioned above and below.
forward and forwards
Hi--
Some people prefer “forward” to “forwards,” but neither of these forms
is really incorrect. "Forward" is a bit more formal,
perhaps. There are a couple expressions in which
only one of the tw

Hi--
There appears to be a correlation between driving backwards and forwards and having palindromes, words or phrases that can be read the same way both backwards and forwards. Here, of course, we have adverbs expressing orientation of an object to the direction of a motion or path direction.
I find it interesting that the use of "forwards" vs. "forward" might be defined according diale

Forwards is an adverb that modifies verbs. For example, the guns on a P51 fire forwards. Forwardly is an adverb that modifies adjectives. For example, the P51 has forwardly firing guns. Forward is properly used as an adjective. For example, the P51 has forward gun mounts. People who don't know better often use forward as an adverb, which sounds a little uneducated.

Another thing to consider is whether the pluralisation of the word forward refers to a consistent motion or repetition. In essence forwards is therefore as valid as forward. If you are in the act of performing the action multiple times. for example step forward would be possibly seen as a single step. Whiles to drive forwards would be to consistently move in the same direction. I find this interes