Originally Posted By peterwknox

Toward v. Towards

The debate, settled by David Foster Wallace:

1. The preposition towards is British usage; the US spelling is toward. Writing towards is like writing colour or judgement. (Factoid: Except for backwards and afterwards, no preposition ending in –ward takes a final s in US usage.)

Yes! A thousand times, yes!

If only my students were reading my blog! Or David Foster Wallace! Or — the mind boggles at the prospect — both!

[!!!]

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MIND BLOWN. When I get deep in a B-hole (it’s like a K-hole, but re: the times I consume massive amounts of British...
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Flagged for later reference. I can never keep this straight in my head. I tend to want to use “toward” but then usually...
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preposition towards is British usage; the US spelling is toward. Writing towards is like writing colour or judgement....
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Strunk & White way back when.
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