I'm strongly opinionated and I get easily annoyed on certain things like bad traffic manners and bad use of English grammar. Let me start with the disclaimer that I'm no God in English grammar but pick up stuff if someone points out my mistake. In this globalized world, it's very important that we speak English as close to the native speakers as possible - both in terms of syntax and semantics.
This time, my grouse is on the usage of 'anyway'. This is one of the most abused English word in India. 'Anyways' is wrong. It's plain wrong to say anyways. The adjective any qualifies a singular noun, not a plural.
Do the following words sound correct to you?
Any people
Any nations
Or, do these sound correct to you?
Any one
Any nation
Then, why do you use 'Anyways'?
While the usage of 'Anyways' is a more sophisticated syntax error, relatively speaking, the use of 'da' for 'the' and 'dat' for 'that' by the teens of today is plain stupidity. What energy do you save by not typing one extra character? It doesn't make you look "cool" but it definitely makes you look foolish in front of a native speaker. Anywez, please consider changing for da better!!
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