Savage Husker Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 43 minutes ago, Kayvan said: Don’t have too much fun, funhusker! People ‘round these parts don’t like that too much. I’m more offended by your grammar. No “s” in anyway 2 Quote Link to comment
Kayvan Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Savage Husker said: I’m more offended by your grammar. No “s” in anyway Technically, anywayS has been used incorrectly (by folks like me) for so long that it’s now in the dictionary. Look it up. Haha. Ain’t that something. 1 Quote Link to comment
Savage Husker Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, Kayvan said: Technically, anywayS has been used incorrectly (by folks like me) for so long that it’s now in the dictionary. Look it up. Haha. Ain’t that something. You serious, Clark!? 1 Quote Link to comment
Kayvan Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, Savage Husker said: You serious, Clark!? Anyways is a colloquial variant of the adverb anyway. It has a casual tone and may be considered out of place in formal or serious writing. In such contexts, anyway is safer. Although considered informal, anyways is not wrong. In fact, there is much precedent in English for the adverbial -s suffix, which was common in Old and Middle English and survives today in words such as towards, once, always, and unawares. But while these words survive from a period of English in which the adverbial -s was common, anyways is a modern construction (though it is now several centuries old). Anyways is sometimes useful for creating an informal or colloquial tone, which may be what these writers have in mind: 1 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment
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