'Downwards' versus 'Downward'
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I'm new here (this is my first question :D)
I was memorizing a specific sentence in a passage about photography, and I accidently made a mistake of memorizing 'downward' as 'downwards'. I'm a non-English speaker so I'm not quite familiar with subtle distinctions like this. Is there any contextual&grammatical difference between these two?
Here's the sentence:
Using the camera at your own head height works well for photographing adults, but for children will be tilted downward.
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I'm new here (this is my first question :D)
I was memorizing a specific sentence in a passage about photography, and I accidently made a mistake of memorizing 'downward' as 'downwards'. I'm a non-English speaker so I'm not quite familiar with subtle distinctions like this. Is there any contextual&grammatical difference between these two?
Here's the sentence:
Using the camera at your own head height works well for photographing adults, but for children will be tilted downward.
single-word-requests grammar
asked Nov 15 at 13:38
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They're equivalent and interchangeable. The only real difference is that historically, Brits used to favour downwards. But Americans always liked downward better, and we're falling into line now.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:52
Oh I get it. Thanks :)
– user324391
Nov 15 at 13:56
...which is the same with, for example, backward/backwards, forward/forwards, upward/upwards. But (rather curiously, imho) it's markedly "American" to use anyways instead of anyway as a colloquial "interjectory conjunction".
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:57
God I've always wondered the difference between anyways and anyway.. Thanks again for the additional explanation!
– user324391
Nov 15 at 14:01
I think Americans are more likely to adopt "folksy regionalisms" into mainstream colloquial contexts (usually, with a degree of "facetiousness"). So besides anyways, you'll often hear anyhoo (from anyhow, which I think was originally a Scottish dialectalism, but I haven't checked).
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 14:06
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I'm new here (this is my first question :D)
I was memorizing a specific sentence in a passage about photography, and I accidently made a mistake of memorizing 'downward' as 'downwards'. I'm a non-English speaker so I'm not quite familiar with subtle distinctions like this. Is there any contextual&grammatical difference between these two?
Here's the sentence:
Using the camera at your own head height works well for photographing adults, but for children will be tilted downward.
single-word-requests grammar
asked Nov 15 at 13:38
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I'm new here (this is my first question :D)
I was memorizing a specific sentence in a passage about photography, and I accidently made a mistake of memorizing 'downward' as 'downwards'. I'm a non-English speaker so I'm not quite familiar with subtle distinctions like this. Is there any contextual&grammatical difference between these two?
Here's the sentence:
Using the camera at your own head height works well for photographing adults, but for children will be tilted downward.
single-word-requests grammar
single-word-requests grammar
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They're equivalent and interchangeable. The only real difference is that historically, Brits used to favour downwards. But Americans always liked downward better, and we're falling into line now.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:52
Oh I get it. Thanks :)
– user324391
Nov 15 at 13:56
...which is the same with, for example, backward/backwards, forward/forwards, upward/upwards. But (rather curiously, imho) it's markedly "American" to use anyways instead of anyway as a colloquial "interjectory conjunction".
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:57
God I've always wondered the difference between anyways and anyway.. Thanks again for the additional explanation!
– user324391
Nov 15 at 14:01
I think Americans are more likely to adopt "folksy regionalisms" into mainstream colloquial contexts (usually, with a degree of "facetiousness"). So besides anyways, you'll often hear anyhoo (from anyhow, which I think was originally a Scottish dialectalism, but I haven't checked).
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 14:06
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They're equivalent and interchangeable. The only real difference is that historically, Brits used to favour downwards. But Americans always liked downward better, and we're falling into line now.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:52
Oh I get it. Thanks :)
– user324391
Nov 15 at 13:56
...which is the same with, for example, backward/backwards, forward/forwards, upward/upwards. But (rather curiously, imho) it's markedly "American" to use anyways instead of anyway as a colloquial "interjectory conjunction".
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:57
God I've always wondered the difference between anyways and anyway.. Thanks again for the additional explanation!
– user324391
Nov 15 at 14:01
I think Americans are more likely to adopt "folksy regionalisms" into mainstream colloquial contexts (usually, with a degree of "facetiousness"). So besides anyways, you'll often hear anyhoo (from anyhow, which I think was originally a Scottish dialectalism, but I haven't checked).
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 14:06
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They're equivalent and interchangeable. The only real difference is that historically, Brits used to favour downwards. But Americans always liked downward better, and we're falling into line now.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:52
They're equivalent and interchangeable. The only real difference is that historically, Brits used to favour downwards. But Americans always liked downward better, and we're falling into line now.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:52
Oh I get it. Thanks :)
– user324391
Nov 15 at 13:56
Oh I get it. Thanks :)
– user324391
Nov 15 at 13:56
...which is the same with, for example, backward/backwards, forward/forwards, upward/upwards. But (rather curiously, imho) it's markedly "American" to use anyways instead of anyway as a colloquial "interjectory conjunction".
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:57
...which is the same with, for example, backward/backwards, forward/forwards, upward/upwards. But (rather curiously, imho) it's markedly "American" to use anyways instead of anyway as a colloquial "interjectory conjunction".
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:57
God I've always wondered the difference between anyways and anyway.. Thanks again for the additional explanation!
– user324391
Nov 15 at 14:01
God I've always wondered the difference between anyways and anyway.. Thanks again for the additional explanation!
– user324391
Nov 15 at 14:01
I think Americans are more likely to adopt "folksy regionalisms" into mainstream colloquial contexts (usually, with a degree of "facetiousness"). So besides anyways, you'll often hear anyhoo (from anyhow, which I think was originally a Scottish dialectalism, but I haven't checked).
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 14:06
I think Americans are more likely to adopt "folksy regionalisms" into mainstream colloquial contexts (usually, with a degree of "facetiousness"). So besides anyways, you'll often hear anyhoo (from anyhow, which I think was originally a Scottish dialectalism, but I haven't checked).
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 14:06
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They're equivalent and interchangeable. The only real difference is that historically, Brits used to favour downwards. But Americans always liked downward better, and we're falling into line now.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:52
Oh I get it. Thanks :)
– user324391
Nov 15 at 13:56
...which is the same with, for example, backward/backwards, forward/forwards, upward/upwards. But (rather curiously, imho) it's markedly "American" to use anyways instead of anyway as a colloquial "interjectory conjunction".
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 13:57
God I've always wondered the difference between anyways and anyway.. Thanks again for the additional explanation!
– user324391
Nov 15 at 14:01
I think Americans are more likely to adopt "folksy regionalisms" into mainstream colloquial contexts (usually, with a degree of "facetiousness"). So besides anyways, you'll often hear anyhoo (from anyhow, which I think was originally a Scottish dialectalism, but I haven't checked).
– FumbleFingers
Nov 15 at 14:06