Anyway or AnywayS?
Anyway or AnywayS?
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#1Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:02amIt's the question that no one seems to be able to answer! Is just one of them right? Both? Neither? Is it anyway or anyways?
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SweetQintheLights
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#2re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:10am
I'm pretty sure it's "anyway."
"Anyways" sounds kind of informal and slang to me.
Edit. Just looked it up. According to Dictionary.com, "anyways" is not considered a word.
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Updated On: 7/29/09 at 02:10 AM
#3re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:11amMy Dictionary widget tells me that "anyways" is the informal/dialect form of "anyway."
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#4re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:13am
I forgot to say--no cheating! You can't look it up in a dictionary.
Great guys. Now I look lazy... 
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#5re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:14am"Anyways" is informal slang, and only a word because people continue to use it even though it's incorrect. No teacher will or SHOULD accept the word in a formal paper.
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#6re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:17amI'm pretty sure it's anyway. My 8th grade English teacher used to scold us over and over for saying "anyways" and "I'm done" instead of finished. He claimed only turkeys could be done.
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#7re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:20amIt's anyway. My mom actually used to scold me when I used anyways. Haha.
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#8re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:29amI had been told last summer that anywayS is not a word, but I always hear more people saying anyways than anyway in conversation.
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#9re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 3:54am
I had been told last summer that anywayS is not a word, but I always hear more people saying anyways than anyway in conversation.
Well, as I'm sure we all know, popular usage =/= correct grammar.
#13re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:02amI have to admit, it kind of drives me insane when people say "anyways".
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#15re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:04am
Anyways ranks right up there with 'totes'.
When did people get so lazy?
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#16re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:06am
Or "youse guys".
Ah, the slaughter of the English language.....
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tommyboy
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#17re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:06amIrregardless of which one you use, it gets the point across.
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#19re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:08amSure, who cares if they sound like an idiot as long as they get their point across?
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
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#20re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:10am
So anyways, I totes agree with all youse guys.
Sorry. I just had to.
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tommyboy
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#22re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:28amI don't understand why people need to add an S onto the end of this word. Doesn't it just drag it out?
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#23re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:42amwell maybe there's more than one anyway, didja ever thank of that?
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#24re: Anyway or AnywayS?
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:47amThe one that bugs me (well, one of the ones) is when people say "That's besides the point."
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