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"Toward" and "Towards"...
When I'm writing I always used towards.
When do you use "toward"?
"I walked towards my Master."
"I walked toward my Master." - Sounds wrong to me.
I always use "Towards"
Just curious.![]()
So...how many times have you walked/faced/turned toward someone/something?
That's fine if you are British. It's just another one of the cases of the difference between British spellings and American.
In other words, "toward" is the correct one...![]()
So...how many times have you walked/faced/turned toward someone/something?
Well, each time, if you are an American. Is this a trick question?
I really can't understood folks who have to go out of their way not to follow simple, set writing conventions. Pretty self-centered, I think.
I always use "Towards"
Just curious.![]()
So "times" is correct here? It is the plural of time.
Whereas towards isn't really considered the plural of toward?
By the way, you're an ass or would that be asses?
So "times" is correct here? It is the plural of time.
Whereas towards isn't really considered the plural of toward?
By the way, you're an ass or would that be asses?
So "times" is correct here? It is the plural of time.
Whereas towards isn't really considered the plural of toward?
By the way, you're an ass or would that be asses?
You asked about the difference, SweetMaj, and I gave you a straight answer on what the difference was. Not my problem if there are folks so self-possessed about such things that they have to go their own way. Guess they have to look for ways to think of themselves as superior to the norms.
Wrong. Forward/forwards is the same American/British convention as "toward/towards" (and backward/backwards). Look "forwards" up in Websters. It will refer you to "forward" as the American preferred spelling. (JBJ is no genius of writing style either.)
Websters gives American writers guidance on which of two (or more) conventional spellings are preferred. It's the first-listed one in the dictionary entry or the one the other spelling refers back to for a full definition. I presume that the Oxford dictionary does the same for British writers. See http://www.literotica.com/s/dictionary-smarts-can-up-ratings for more on this.
From the American Heritage Book of English Usage (page 138) (if others have contradictory guidance given by an authority other than their Aunt Hazel or just out of thin air, they can certainly cite them here):
toward Some critics have tried to discern a semantic distinction between toward and towards, but the difference is entirely dialectal. Toward is more common in American English; towards is the predominant form in British English.