If you want to avoid debate or write in a formal tone, use the standard anyway. But if you don't mind sounding informal, or if you are aiming for a down-to-earth tone like Clyde Haberman's, it's okay to use anyways. It is a word—a nonstandard, colloquial, informal word—that some people won't like to see.
Using the word anyway at the beginning of the sentence can appear to be impolite at times. How polite or impolite the word sounds might depend on the speaker's voice. It also depends on the person you are speaking to.
Anyways is the slang version of anyway and should never be used in formal writing. If you're writing dialogue, using anyways might sound more realistic in a younger character. But it's not standard and will always sound casual or colloquial whenever you use it. Typically, you'll want to use anyway.
Originally Answered: Is thanks anyways rude? “Anyways” is incorrect—it's “anyway.” I don't think that “Thanks anyway” is rude unless perhaps the person went out of his or her way to help you. Then the person deserves a better thank you.
anyway
- in spite of everything. I know I really can't afford it, but I'm buying that new car anyway. Synonyms for anyway. anyhow, anyways. [chiefly dialect],
- without definite aim, direction, rule, or method. do it anyway you feel like. Synonyms for anyway. aimlessly, anyhow, anywise,
- whatever else is done or is the case.
would modal verb (WILLINGNESS)B1. past simple of will : used to talk about what someone was willing to do or what something was able to do: The car wouldn't start this morning.
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The word ain't is a contraction for am not, is not, are not, has not, and have not in the common English language vernacular. The usage of ain't is a continuing subject of controversy in English. Ain't is commonly used by many speakers in oral and informal settings, especially in certain regions and dialects.
Anyways is incorrect because if you literally observe the word, you can choose one of the many 'ways', which makes our choice singular. Hence, 'Anyway'. Also, 'Anyway' is used as an adverb (unless used at the start of a sentence), and adverbs can not be plural. This word is universally considered to be nonstandard.
: in spite of that : however her childish but nevertheless real delight— Richard Corbin.
Alternate Synonyms for "move on":advance; progress; pass on; march on; go on; travel; go; move; locomote.
What is another word for would?
| might | could |
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| may | may perhaps |
| may possibly | may well |
| possibly will | |
