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Towards vs. Toward

US drops the S.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

“We walked towards the station.”

✓ Correct

“We walked toward the station.”

The ruleii

US: TOWARD. UK: TOWARDS.

AmE: TOWARD. BrE: TOWARDS. Also FORWARD / FORWARDS, BACKWARD / BACKWARDS.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

US drops S.

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