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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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The Plural of Anyways Is Becoming More and More Common

Sayinks: I'm hearing the plural of anyway a lot lately, and it's really bugging me. Why is this ing so much more frequently? Or so it seems. The oxford english dictionary has examples going all way back to 18 28. A character named miss pleasant in charles dickens used it in his book our mutual friend. But i do doubt that people who use any ways to day are making any kind of connection to any wise.

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