How to use the word "toward"

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chanbr

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Hi,

Are both the following sentences correct?

He moved it toward the light.
He moved it towards the light.
 

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Hi,

Are both the following sentences correct?

He moved it toward the light.
He moved it towards the light.

Yes. I seem to recall from a couple of previous threads that "towards" is used more in BrE than in AmE.
 

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Yes. I seem to recall from a couple of previous threads that "towards" is used more in BrE than in AmE.

That's what we were told at the college where I study. It also applies to word pairs such as (afterwards, afterward), (round, around), (forwards, forward) -- that's just off the top of my head. It might not be true though, since the teachers on this forum have denied a few times what they taught as at the Department of Linguistics.
 

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Thank you very much.
 

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Thank you very much.

chanbr, your thanks are appreciated, but you don't need to send them in a separate post.


We are all happy to accept a simple click on the Like button as your acknowledgement of our help.

Rover
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That's what we were told at the college where I study. It also applies to word pairs such as (afterwards, afterward), (round, around), (forwards, forward) -- that's just off the top of my head. It might not be true though, since the teachers on this forum have denied a few times what they taught as at the Department of Linguistics.

The round/around claim has never convinced me. ;-)
 
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