After / Afterwards Could you tell me the difference ? And also I&#039;ve noticed that in the word toward there is sometimes a &quot;s&quot; at the end. Could you tell me why ?

Jeff

After / Afterwards Could you tell me the difference ? And also I've noticed that in the word toward there is sometimes a "s" at the end. Could you tell me why ?

2015年10月9日 08:05

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'After' is a preposition. Prepositions are followed by nouns. 'Afterwards' is an adverb. Adverbs don't need to be followed by anything. They can stand alone. We went for a walk after lunch. We had lunch, then we went for a walk afterwards. I'm guessing from your question about 'toward' that you are more used to US English. In fact, in British English there is always an 's' at the end. There is no difference in meaning between the two variants. Both forms are used in US English. British English only uses 'towards'.

2015年10月9日

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