grammar-"toward" unidiomatic

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<p>Even when Barbara Jordan put questions toward a political nominee, her elegant diction evoked in listeners memories of her eloquent political speeches. </p>

<p>"toward" is unidiomatic </p>

<p>What is the specific use of "toward"? I remember someone posting this on CC a while ago...</p>

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<p>I believe that the right word in this sentence is “to,” because Barbara Jordan was actually posing the question to the nominee, and not just in the general direction of the nominee. The word “toward” is used when you mean “heading in the direction of.” Hope this helps.</p>

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<p>thx quant</p>

<p>can someone elaborate w/ examples of the use of “toward”??..</p>

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<p>Toward and towards are helpful prepositions to express movement. These are simply variant spellings of the same word; use whichever sounds better to you.

  1. We’re moving toward the light.
  2. This is a big step towards the project’s completion.</p>

<p>We use to in order to express movement toward a place.

  1. They were driving to work together.
  2. She’s going to the dentist’s office this morning.</p>

<p>Does this help?</p>

<p>Lisa</p>