What’s up with “anyway” and “anyways”?

Ultimately, the difference between anyway and anyways boils down to the difference between spoken and written English.

In spoken English, we get away with using anyways all the time. Why? Most of us don’t have the grammar police correcting every little mistake we make in conversational English. And because no one corrects us, we assume that it’s right.

To recap, “anyway” is considered standard: “Emma laughed at his dumb joke anyway.”

“Anyways“ is considered an informal variant of ”anyway.” It should be used only in informal conversations (and online). Get into the habit of using “anyway” even in your text messages, tweets, and Facebook and Tumblr posts, and you won’t ever be tempted to use “anyways.”

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