2007-01-12 09:49:26 · 25 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Anyways" is not proper English.
2007-01-12 09:51:31 · answer #1 · answered by P_P_K 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
What the others have said is correct: "anyways" is slang that isn't even in the dictionary. It's just getting popular these days.
But did you know that "always" was once called "alway"? Yeah, that's the old form. Then "always" took over. So who knows, "anyways" could become the correct word some years or decades from now!
2007-01-13 00:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. "Any way" or "anyway"are real words, used as an adjective and a noun, or as a adverb.
2. "anyways" is a term used by the uneducated: it doesn't even exist as slang!!!!!
Example of #1 as a noun: "You can get to the park any way you wish, (any = the adj. way is the noun)
Example of #2. "I hated this movie, but went anyway". (anyway, here modified the verb went, and is thus defined as an adverb
2007-01-12 17:57:45 · answer #3 · answered by April 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides the extra letter (s) it usually comes down to a difference in education!
2007-01-12 17:53:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ANYWAYS is NOT a word!!!!
people use it incorrectly ALL THE TIME, but it's wrong. ANYWAY is the correct way to say/write it.
2007-01-12 17:52:26 · answer #5 · answered by katwoman_2911 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyways isnt grammatically correct, there is no such thing as anyway with an s.
2007-01-12 17:52:08 · answer #6 · answered by ehrlich 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyways is slang 4 anyway
2007-01-12 17:53:34 · answer #7 · answered by trav 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what type of grammarian you ask.
A prescriptive grammarian would say that 'anyway' is a word and 'anyways' isn't.
A descreptive grammarian would say that 'anyway' is a standard word and 'anyways' is slang.
2007-01-13 00:25:39 · answer #8 · answered by ~Love~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyway is the correct way to say anyway. anyways is the incorrect way of saying anyway.
2007-01-12 17:52:20 · answer #9 · answered by summer love 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyway is proper. Anyways is slang.
2007-01-12 17:52:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A difference in the way you say it. "Anyways" is incorrect, however.
2007-01-12 17:52:00 · answer #11 · answered by lallen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋