𝔸 man entered the emergency room with his two ears burned.
"What happened?" asked the doctor.
"Well," the man explained, "my wife was ironing some clothes, just behind my armchair while I was watching TV. She put down the iron next to the phone and when the phone rang I answered the iron."
"Wow, that's terrible," responded the doctor; what happened to your other ear?"
"Well," the guy with the burned ears responded, "Immediately afterwards, the phone rang again!"
We can say "afterward", or "afterwards". There is no difference. The suffix "-ward" means "in the direction of." Consider the following: backward, forward, upward, inward, etc.
"What happened?" asked the doctor.
"Well," the man explained, "my wife was ironing some clothes, just behind my armchair while I was watching TV. She put down the iron next to the phone and when the phone rang I answered the iron."
"Wow, that's terrible," responded the doctor; what happened to your other ear?"
"Well," the guy with the burned ears responded, "Immediately afterwards, the phone rang again!"
We can say "afterward", or "afterwards". There is no difference. The suffix "-ward" means "in the direction of." Consider the following: backward, forward, upward, inward, etc.
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