Charisma
01-22-2008, 06:40 AM
According to spell check it's chill, but not according to my conscience. Are 'Anyways' and 'Either ways' English terms? If so, can one replace 'Anyway' and 'Either way' with them? Thanks in advance.
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View Full Version : Is that even a word? Charisma 01-22-2008, 06:40 AM According to spell check it's chill, but not according to my conscience. Are 'Anyways' and 'Either ways' English terms? If so, can one replace 'Anyway' and 'Either way' with them? Thanks in advance. Cogito 01-22-2008, 07:23 AM They are nonstandard. Both are widely enough used to be endorsed by spell checkers, but I myself would avoid them outside of dialogue. If I have doubts about a word, I don't trust spell checkers alone. I go to a site like dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anyways (Dictionary.com fails to find "either ways", but it does find "either way" as a set of web links, including one for the idiom "either way") mammamaia 01-22-2008, 02:53 PM adding an 's' to either is generally considered poor speaking/writing... to me, the same goes for 'toward' but the 's' version seems to have been accepted by some... if you wouldn't say/write 'anyhows' why would you use 'anyways'? and 'either ways' makes no sense whatsoever!... 'either' refers to one of two whatevers... so, if it can't be 'either dogs' or 'either situations' what makes anyone think it can be 'either ways'?... Manny 01-25-2008, 09:48 AM Are 'Anyways' and 'Either ways' English terms? If so, can one replace 'Anyway' and 'Either way' with them? They are Americanisms I would say. I would drop the 's' as suggested, unless you happen to be quoting an American who is using it in speech. Cogito 01-25-2008, 10:55 AM They are considered nonstandard/substandard in the Americas, as elsewhere. Nor is their use limited to the Americas. evizaer 01-25-2008, 01:20 PM You shouldn't be using "anyway" and "either way" in your writing, unless you're writing dialog. They are generally used as filler and have no (or little) place in written language. "anyway" is just a colloquial way of saying "regardless." Charisma 01-25-2008, 01:31 PM Thanks for the advice, everybody. Apparently, anyways or either ways are not appropriate for use in writing, so I think I got the point. |