After I wrote that, I read it back and couldn't decide if I wanted to add an 's' to toward or not, so I looked it up. I must finally be becoming Americanised (but as you can see, I still don't like using the 'z' for the 's'.
**According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the preferred form in American English is toward without the -s, while the preferred British English form is towards with the -s. This general rule works with other directional words, including forward, backward, upward, and downward, along with afterward.
I think I use both forms, with and without the s, but more often the s form. My mom was Irish. Maybe that is why I prefer the s form. I think I may use the s forms in certain usages, and the without s form in other cases, but I can't think why I might use one over the other in a particular case, it's sort of intuitive according to something I am not sure about. Odd, huh!
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Date: 2016-09-28 04:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-09-28 04:04 am (UTC)**According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the preferred form in American English is toward without the -s, while the preferred British English form is towards with the -s. This general rule works with other directional words, including forward, backward, upward, and downward, along with afterward.
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Date: 2016-09-28 04:53 am (UTC)