As an English person in England 'anyways' isn't a word of any sort.
The Oxford English Dictionary classifies it as “informal” and
defines it as a “nonstandard form of anyway.”
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On 8 Oct 2020, at 13:06, Ken Pope wrote:
A minority view: I like the informality. The adverb “always” is
accepted as informal English.
Anyway is a contraction of any + way
Always is a contraction of all + ways
Personally, I think the result is that "anyways" grates. And, while I
don't reall
I am french so I won’t argue, but it can be found in the Cambridge
dictionary, as a US informal version of anyway
(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/dictionnaire/anglais/anyways).
Alain
On 8 Oct 2020, at 13:35, mailm...@ivdcs.co.uk wrote:
On 2020-10-08 12:06, Ken Pope wrote:
You can turn t
On 2020-10-08 12:06, Ken Pope wrote:
You can turn that warning off in user preferences (composer tab). I
personally find it useful.
The warning is useful, the complaint is about the "MTV" style of
language: __anyways__ is not a generally recognised conjunction (I
think that's the part of spee
You can turn that warning off in user preferences (composer tab). I
personally find it useful.
The warning is useful, the complaint is about the "MTV" style of
language: __anyways__ is not a generally recognised conjunction (I
think that's the part of speech here).
A minority view: I like th
On 7 Oct 2020, at 22:24 MST, Tracy Valleau wrote:
The button that appears in the dialog when the word "attachment" is
found in the text, but no attachment is linked in the email (which is
nanny-overkill, IMHO) should be
"Send anyway?"
not
"Send anyways?"
Hmm.. Here's what I see...
. I
personally find it useful.
The warning is useful, the complaint is about the "MTV" style of
language: __anyways__ is not a generally recognised conjunction (I think
that's the
You can turn that warning off in user preferences (composer tab). I
personally find it useful.
On 8 Oct 2020, at 7:24, Tracy Valleau wrote:
The button that appears in the dialog when the word "attachment" is
found in the text, but no attachment is linked in the email (which is
nanny-overkill,
The button that appears in the dialog when the word "attachment" is
found in the text, but no attachment is linked in the email (which is
nanny-overkill, IMHO) should be
"Send anyway?"
not
"Send anyways?"
'anyways' is an informal dialect. It may be used, but so is "ain't".
And it ain't righ
