On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:33 PM, James K. Lowden <jklow...@schemamania.org>
wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 07:40:43 -0400
> Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > PS: backward compatibility, no s, no?
> > >
> >
> > A google search shows that you see it both ways - with and without the
> > "s".  I've always used the "s".
>
> http://www.perfectyourenglish.com/vocabulary/backward-backwards.htm
>
> Two countries divided by a common tongue.
>
>
Except, I speak Southern English, not British English. And I can promise
you that we southerners prefer to add the "s" to the end of "backwards".
I'm not sure PerfectYourEnglish necessarily has all their facts straight.


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D. Richard Hipp
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