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afterward vs afterwards

Both 'afterward' and 'afterwards' are correct and can be used interchangeably. The choice between them is a matter of personal preference or regional variation.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 1774 views

afterward

This is a correct and commonly used term in English.

This term is used to refer to a time following an event or situation. It is often used in American English.

Examples:

I will call you afterward.
She left the party and afterward regretted it.

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What comes afterward... is even worse.
But you saw her two seconds afterward - she was normal.
I did everything to save your father afterward.
Fluorescent bulbs exploded afterward, shattering over the polystyrene.
In group, and afterward when we were together.
The way he looked at you afterward...
It's like, afterward we figured something must've happened.
I'll vouch for afterward too.
So I called him up a few weeks afterward.
Few months afterward, Ettore got married.
We could go home to my place afterward.
I just don't get what happens afterward.
But afterward I stopped at a bar.
I even called DiNozzo at his hotel afterward.
And I expect you to show me some serious gratitude afterward.
I joined a new club shortly afterward.
And only a few weeks afterward... your honoured father departed this world as well.
He was stationed at Berkeley Castle where the King was murdered and arrived here shortly afterward, injured and seeking refuge.
Not if you add in what happened afterward.
You can have your vote afterward.

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afterwards

afterwards

This is a correct and commonly used term in English.

This term is used to refer to a time following an event or situation. It is often used in British English.

Examples:

We went to the store and afterwards to the park.
He finished his work and afterwards went home.

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But something very interesting happened afterwards.
He might need a thoracotomy and chemotherapy afterwards.
I kept up with him afterwards.
She said afterwards it was consensual.
] but this ordinance was afterwards altered.
You can update afterwards with a smaller download.
She mentioned meeting a friend afterwards.
Snuggling afterwards is the best part.
It was what happened immediately afterwards.
And life afterwards... can feel numb.
Foot binding in Taiwan died out quickly afterwards.
The security forces afterwards repositioned to another location.
And afterwards they cut my stitches.
And afterwards, you told Jimmy.
He was afterwards used in other experiments.
Follow signs to city centre and immediately afterwards for Piacenza.
Not long afterwards, Atwater contracted cancer.
Sometimes people feel more afraid afterwards.
And afterwards, death seems less frightening.
Immediately afterwards, the Russian army reoccupied Chechnya.

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afterward

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