Questions

[nq:1]Why do people write "foward" instead of "forward"?[/nq]
I haven't particularly noticed this, but I can think of two reasons. One, the influence of the spelling of "toward". Two, maybe more significant, in several rhotic AmE dialects "forward" is pronounced like "fo'ward" /foUwRd/.
[nq:1]Why do people say "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less"?[/nq]
Google Groups.

[nq:2]Why do people write "foward" instead of "forward"?[/nq]
[nq:1]I haven't particularly noticed this, but I can think of two reasons. One, the influence of the spelling of "toward". Two, maybe more significant, in several rhotic AmE dialects "forward" is pronounced like "fo'ward" /foUwRd/.[/nq]
Dissimilation, as the linguists say... (r) often is dropped when there is a following syllabl

[nq:1]Why do people write "foward" instead of "forward"? Why do people say "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less"?[/nq]
Another one:
Why do people write something like "I'll try and get it done" instead of "I'll try to get it done"?

[nq:1]Another one: Why do people write something like "I'll try and get it done" instead of "I'll try to get it done"?[/nq]
Try and familiarize yourself with the FAQ:
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxtryand.html

[nq:1]Why do people write "foward" instead of "forward"?[/nq]
And what about "froward"?

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[nq:2]Why do people write "foward" instead of "forward"? Why do people say "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less"?[/nq]
There is, of course, also:
1. froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful (habitually disposedto disobedience and opposition)
[nq:1]Another one: Why do people write something like "I'll try and get it done" instead of"I'll try to get it done"?[/nq

[nq:2]Why do people write "foward" instead of "forward"?[/nq]
[nq:1]I haven't particularly noticed this, but I can think of two reasons. One, the influence of the spelling of "toward". Two, maybe more significant, in several rhotic AmE dialects "forward" is pronounced like "fo'ward" /foUwRd/.[/nq]
Another influence could be the old nautical term, fo?c?s?le (forecastle).
[nq:2]Why do pe

[nq:1]Dissimilation, as the linguists say... (r) often is dropped when there is a following syllable containing (r). See the American ... first (r). ("Forward" is slightly unusual in that the first (r) occurs in a stressed syllable, unlike the other examples.)[/nq]
Dissimilation also happens to "corner" and/or "ordinary" for some speakers; so "forward" isn't unique here.
-Aaron J. Dinkin

[nq:1]Why do people write "foward" instead of "forward"? Why do people say "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less"?[/nq]
Life is asymmetric, i.e. the real reasons for correct spelling (forward) do not map exactly against the real reasons for incorrect spelling (foward). One possible explanation is that when we seek to spell a word
correctly we have a single objective (and can

[nq:1]This seems OK to me. It's a subltle variant: "I'll try - AND (as a result of this trying) - I'll get it done". It's making a slight distinction between two things: the trying, AND the getting it done.[/nq]
A bit cocky, are we? What if you fail to get it done?