Anyhow vs. anyway

[stone]

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #8 "A Change of Heart", question 5

Anyhow, I don't care what that sign say I'm going to smoke and enjoy myself.

(a) Anyhow
(b) say
(c) enjoy myself

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #8 "A Change of Heart", answer 5

Anyhow, I don't care what that sign says I'm going to smoke and enjoy myself.

Correct entry: says
The error was: (b) say

You have not found the error.
Anyway, I don't care what that sign say I'm going to smoke and enjoy myself.
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Dear Sir

Would you please explain the difference between
"anyhow" and "anyway"?

Thanks a lot in advance

Stone

[Conchita]

As a conjunction, anyhow means the same as anyway, that is, in any case:
we were late, anyway the film wasn't very good.

Anyhow as an adverb means carelessly:
he laid the table anyhow, he laid the table in a slapdash way;
she had her hat on all anyhow, her hat was not straight.

[Yankee]

Hi LS

There once was post by lost_soul
But "Delete it" became his prime goal.
Due to this plea
I just had to see
That deletion got done of the whole. :wink:


I didn't think your post was particularly irrelevant, LS, but I deleted it anyway/anyhow (as you requested). 8)

The words anyhow and anyway are both adverbs. The link below has some good examples for the usage of anyhow:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/58/A0355800.html
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