How the Revolutionary War continues… Ya know those words you think you know how to use, but you’ve never actually looked them up? Either you’ve been too lazy, think you know it all, or you just are indifferent.  I’m the same way.  I remember my English Composition Professor in College ripping my entire class to shreds over the fact that young people are just too lazy to care about grammar or punctuation any longer.  In retrospect she might have had a point, at least pertaining to me.  Toward or towards? Which is proper?  Well, honestly the other day I was asked, and I had no idea. I know one thing.  I’ve used both.  In fact I’ve probably used both at separate times for the same sentence.  For instance, “I walked toward the sharp toothed dragon.” “I walked towards the sharp toothed dragon.” Which one?  Here’s what I found. Both will work, and it’s a bit of a battle. That war from 1776 presses on.  It’s a matter of what side you’re on.  Brit or American? Toward is the Americanized version of the British version, towards. How do I know? Ask Merriam-Webster.

How the Revolutionary War continues…

Ya know those words you think you know how to use, but you’ve never actually looked them up? Either you’ve been too lazy, think you know it all, or you just are indifferent.  I’m the same way.  I remember my English Composition Professor in College ripping my entire class to shreds over the fact that young people are just too lazy to care about grammar or punctuation any longer.  In retrospect she might have had a point, at least pertaining to me. 

Toward or towards? Which is proper?  Well, honestly the other day I was asked, and I had no idea. I know one thing.  I’ve used both.  In fact I’ve probably used both at separate times for the same sentence.  For instance,

“I walked toward the sharp toothed dragon.”

“I walked towards the sharp toothed dragon.”

Which one? 

Here’s what I found.

Both will work, and it’s a bit of a battle. That war from 1776 presses on.  It’s a matter of what side you’re on.  Brit or American? Toward is the Americanized version of the British version, towards. How do I know? Ask Merriam-Webster.