-s adverbs, bodoer Homo Sapiens (was: watered down fiery spirits)

--- Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote:

> Can anyone explain to me why all of those sound
> awkward to me without
> an |s| at the end of |toward|?  i.e.,
> "towards"?
We had this discussion a while back. Personally,
I think of pairs like toward/towards as a
motionless/moving distinction.

"Toward a Fuller Understand of Aspect in Yllemese
Court Sculpture" makes a fine title for a paper;
but it is now static. While the author and anyone
else who is studying Yllemes court sculpture, is
actively moving towards that goal of a fuller
understanding.

So, toward indicates the notion of moving to;
while towards indicates the actual motion. In my
opinion and usage.

Same goes for certain other adverbs in -s, like
leftward/leftwards. "A leftward move was noted in
the recent elections" v. "In general, we're
moving leftwards in our political choices".

Padraic.


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