In
English Grammar, To and towards both are prepositions, their meaning is
completely the same, but despite it, there is a big difference between both. Most
people become confused when and where to use “To and Towards”, but this confusion
is soon going to be cleared through this article as I am going to tell you just
one example that will undoubtedly vanish your uncertainty about their usage.
So, read the entire article carefully.
“TO” is usually used when we show a specific
location or direction of a noun. That means we are confirmed about the location
of a noun where he or she is going to go. Let’s be clear with an example. “Jayanti
is going to school”. In the
following example, we tell the confirmed location of “JAWANTI” that she
is going to school.
Unlike,
TOWARDS is
used when we do not know the exact location of a pronoun or noun. This means in
TOWARDS
we just have the assumption, but not the surety that whether a noun or pronoun
will go there or not, so in that condition, we use TOWARDS. Let’s have an example. I
became scared when he threw the ball towards me. The example is showing the unspecific
location of the noun, ball, there is a
possibility, the ball might have
fallen anywhere else, but before that, its direction was towards me when the
ball was thrown.
MORE EXAMPLES OF TO AND TOWARDS.
1. We went towards
Pizza Shop. (possibly we decided to go to another shop later)
2. Nasir is going to the
doctor. (He is confirmed about his location that he is going to see the doctor).
3. Aslam turned his
face towards
her. (his direction of the face towards her, but he might have turned somewhere
else later).
4. Karishma gives the
notebook to her
cousin.
I
hope your confusion of to and towards has
been cleared now.
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