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Captain Morgan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Toward(s)

0 00Most of my life I've written it as Towards, but I have seen it spelt with and without the s. I didn't think anything of it before, as I live in one of those countries where we have an influx of American books, as well as those from the United Kingdom. People here just go half & half. However, my girlfriend who is American told me recently that there is no such thing as Towards, which made me do some more thinking on the subject.02br
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00 I looked in the Webster's Dictionary Abridged Edition, (highly American biased) and noticed both Toward & Towards are grouped together. Does this mean that in the U.S. many people are starting to accept both forms of this word? Or is it only printed here to signify the fact that the rest of the world writes it with an s attached?02br
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02br 02br 00This site: 01a 05000 02a 00 (among others, such as 01a 05100 02a 00) confirms for you that they are both okay. html12id1

  • 02br 02br 00This site: 01a 05000 02a 00 (among others, such as 01a 05100 02a 00) confirms for you that they are both okay.
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0Hi Captain Morgan,02br
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00Welcome to the forums.02br
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00This site: 01a05000 02a00 (among others, such as 01a05100 02a00) confirms for you that they are both okay. American usage is more toward "towards
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0 Ok thanks. I wont have to feel guilty now, even if I feel most my readers will be U.S. origin.02br
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00I suppose this all means the 'Toward' form is headed to die out within a couple generations or so 0-
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01cite10Captain Morgan12cite10Ok thanks. I wont have to feel guilty now, even if I feel most my readers will be U.S. origin.12br
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10I suppose this all means the 'Toward' form is headed to die out within a couple generations or so 12br
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10According to my dictionary, 'towards'

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