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SMART TALK
by Dr. Manda Rynne
FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS: Any disease can be more easily cured if detected early. At the Center for English as a First Language, we try to nip any incipient presentation of Insidious Englishism Syndrome. We prefer American English here.
Adding an S to forward, backward, toward, and even upward and downward is an early symptom.
Saying towards may seem like nothing to get your knickers in a twist about - and those Brits should say into a twist - but sufferers - pardon me: survivors - often descend far too quickly to early on for early and try and for try to.
Insidious Englishism Syndrome can get veddy serious indeed.