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Old 06-03-2010, 02:49 PM   #12
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
toward or towards depends on plurality of context....

your cars are pointed toward the finish line

your car is headed towards the finish line
To me, it's not the plurality of the subject, but whether there is movement. So I'd agree with both your example sentences: because toward means a certain direction while towards means actually moving in that direction. (To me, anyway--I'm not saying there's a grammatical rule about that...)
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