Grammar Question: Forward or Forwards?
September 9th, 2008 Dina at Wordfeeder.comA Wordfeeder Reader Writes In:
Dina,
I have a question about grammar, and I consider you an expert. Can you help me?
In emails to customers, I like to say “I am looking forward to our blah blah” … or do I say “I am looking forwards to our… (etc., etc.)?”
Also, when you say, “I look forward to the meeting…” do you say “forward” or “forwards?”
Thanks,
Tim
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Dina Responds:
Dear Tim,
Thank you for submitting your grammar question!
It’s “look forward.”
“I look forward to speaking with you later.”
Do you know what stumps me? Forward, as a direction. Is it forward, or forwards?? “Facing forward.”
“Facing forwards??”
The more I look at that word, the weirder it gets. FOR-WARD. What an awkard grouping of letters!
All right, I went to the dictionary (yes, even we “grammar gurus” occasionally defer to a Higher Authority), and it’s basically acknowledging that “forwards” is a variation of “forward.” But then they show a ton of examples and NONE of them use “forwards” with an s.
So I would say just stick to “forward,” except with referring to certain types of football players in the plural form.
Good luck with your marketing communication!
Warm regards,
Dina Giolitto
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