Grammar girl here, this episode addresses another often confused pair of

homophones, forward and forward. One of them has an A and no E, and the other has an

E and no A. We'll also look at how forwards, prefaces, introductions, and

prologues differ, and how afterwards an epilogue differ. First let's talk

about forward, spelled F-O-R-W-A-R-D. This word relates to some form of

movement. Things are people move forward to the front, our forward,

brash or bold, or a forward thinking modern and progressive. Stomping forward in

her stiletto heels, the forward girl exclaimed her forward opinions. As an ad

verb and adjective or a verb, forward has several meanings, but it's used as

a noun in only two instances, in the area of sports, the six-foot ten-inch

forward slam dunk to the basketball, and in the area of finance shortened for

the term forward contract. The farmer used a forward to secure a price for his

upcoming harvest. In Britain they allow forwards, with an S, however forward

without an S remains the correct American English spelling. Now let's consider

forward spelled F-O-R-E-W-O-R-D. The word is simply made of the prefix four, which

means before, and word, that's literally it means before the word. Think of it

as a word, actually a group of words, that comes before the main words of a book.

Other words with the same prefix, which can help us remember the right

spelling for this kind of forward, include forecast, foreshadow, and foresight.

Another way to remember how to use and correctly spell this type of forward is

that forward and book both have two O's in them, F-O-R-E-W-O-R-D, and of

course book B-O-O-K, and forward is used only as a noun. In short, remember

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