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Toward or towards – what would a native speaker use?
Consider the following examples:
Fighting towards anti corruption.
I am going toward north.
I am going towards north.
Which one is grammatical? And what's the difference?
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4No need to shout. – Matt E. Эллен Jul 16 '12 at 07:35
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Regardless of whether it's 'toward' or 'towards', 'north' would normally be preceded by 'the', unless the context were purely navigational. Alternatively, you can say 'northwards'. – Barrie England Jul 16 '12 at 08:58
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According to Wiktionary, there is no difference, at least not grammatically.
Although some have tried to discern a semantic distinction between the words toward and towards, the difference is merely dialectal. Towards is the most common form, while toward tends to appear only in American English.
That said, I would urge people to avoid the word, as it is easily misused, especially by non-native speakers.
Usually, there are clearer ways of expressing the sentiment. For example:
- (As mentioned above) I am headed northwards
- [We are] fighting against corruption, or fighting for a world without corruption
I cannot think of a sentence where "toward[s]" is a better choice of word.
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