Anyway Or Anyways

Applying to College
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Someone explain this to me. Frequently I hear the spoken “anyways” and I just don’t understand the usage? Please help me understand this.

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<p>good question, to which i dont know the answer, English teachers, help.</p>

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<p>Can we add “toward” and “towards” to this?</p>

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<p>i don’t think “anyways” is grammatically correct. i know i used it before and it got the s crossed out…</p>

<p>ie “she walked to school anyway”
“she walked to school anyways”</p>

<p>i don’t even know how to use the blasted word…</p>

<p>as for toward/towards–i have no clue.</p>

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<p>It is inaccurate but I hear it all the time. It would seem that many folks think the usage is okay…I guess maybe they don’t learn it in school? Someone please tell me how this became so popular??</p>

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<p>Correct, “anyways” is grammatically incorrect.</p>

<p>Regarding toward and towards, I’ve heard both, and I think both are grammatically correct.</p>

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<p>I don’t think “towards” is technically correct, but I could very well be wrong. “Anyways” is definitely wrong.</p>

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<p>Anyway means “anyhow” or “in any case.” “Anyways” is a strictly colloquial expression, as ungrammatical in written English as “anyhows” because adverbs cannot be plural.</p>

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<p>Why does it seem so common to use improper form or no adverb???</p>

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<p>It is toward, never towards. My english teacher was a grammar freak and I got points off my test for using “towards”. I will never forget it. But infer & imply still kill me.</p>

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<p>I thought I was missing some piece of my grammar training. Do you hear this usage all the time too??</p>

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<p>I think you should tell your teacher to return your points ;).</p>

<p>I was under the impression that towards was just as acceptable as toward. I distinctly remember from my SAT cram session.</p>

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<p>“Jean moved towards the door.” and “I saw her walking towards the bank.” are both perfectly correct grammatically.</p>

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<p>Really?? Well it’s too late now, I’ll never have him again … but I should find the test and the exact question. I think it even says that it’s only acceptable as toward in our grammar books … maybe … I’ll have to check .</p>

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<p>I found the semester exam. It was around xmas time so that’s why the directions are like they are. I don’t have the grammar book, but I know it’s a rule in there too, to use toward. Okay, directions, word for word from my exam:

#20) Natalie wickedly whipped the ball (toward, towards) the catcher. </p>

<p>And the answer is … toward. If you put towards it was counted wrong. I wish I had my grammar book so I could show you the exact rule.</p>

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<p>I’ve always wondered that…</p>

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<p>It says on dictionary.com that it’s merely a “dialectal difference”.
<a href=“Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words”>Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words;
AND
<a href=“Homework Help and Textbook Solutions | bartleby”>Homework Help and Textbook Solutions | bartleby;
I suppose we’ll never know. Or <em>maybe</em> for the 1st time … my teacher was wrong. :eek:</p>