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I was recently sent an email asking if I knew the difference between toward and towards. From what I was taught and can gather, the only distinction between the two is that towards is traditionally used in British English and toward is more traditionally used in American English.
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hubpages.com/hub/Grammar_Mishaps__Toward_vs_Towards
hubpages.com/hub/Grammar_Mishaps__Toward_vs_Towards
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Toward Versus Towards; Jamie, Mia, Beverly, and Gen all wrote to me wondering what the difference is between the words toward and towards (with an s). The bottom line seems to be that toward and towards are both correct and interchangeable: you can use either one because they mean the same thing.
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grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx
grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx
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Toward vs. Towards Grammar and Syntax ... If the Grammar forum ever sports a sticky, I expect the question of toward versus towards would be near the top. This issue comes up often, and it doesn't hurt to remember the spelling difference also applies to upward and downward and backward and forward.
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www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50829
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Biztip Response: Towards is traditionally used in British English and toward is more traditionally used in American English. According to the Oxford Canadian Dictionary, toward and towards are equally common in Canada.
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www.jwatsonassociates.com/newsletter/jwa_110.htm
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Toward and towards are also helpful prepositions to express movement. These are simply variant spellings of the same word; use whichever sounds better to you. We're moving toward the light. This is a big step towards the project's completion.
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grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm
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affect versus effect; accept versus except; bad versus badly; bring versus take; compare to versus compare with; different from versus different than; do versus make; due to versus because; if versus whether; into versus in to; its versus it's; i.e. versus e.g.; less versus fewer; lie versus lay; people versus persons;
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grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/faq.htm
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www.versus.com/
www.versus.com/
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Usage Note: 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.
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/toward
dictionary.reference.com/browse/toward
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www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=258
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