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<li>Even when Barbara Jordan put questions toward a political nominee, her elegant diction evoked in listeners memories of her eloquent political speeches.</li>
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<p>I put no error but it turned out to be "toward". Isn't "toward" and "towards" interchangeable? Or is it because the correct answer should be "to"? If so, when do we use "to" and when do we use "toward"?</p>

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<li>With the current difficulty in filling seats on juries, some argue that jurors should be compensated for lost wages, particularly given the increasing length of trials.</li>
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<p>I put "for lost wages" because I considered the proper clause to be "compensated in wages".</p>

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<li><p>Yeah, I would guess they want “to,” which sounds more idiomatic. Even if you don’t know how to fix the sentence or the exact reason it’s wrong, you should be able to hear that “toward” sounds strange.</p></li>
<li><p>“Compensated for [whatever was lost or spent]” is another idiomatic expression. You could say “compensated IN cash” or something like that, but that’s a different meaning.</p></li>
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<p>toward can only be used for direction.
The second one is no error.</p>

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<p>Ok i guess I can only take note of the idiomatic expressions…</p>