On 06/05/17 22:44, Vik Fearing wrote:
> On 05/05/2017 02:42 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> + This option is obsolete but still accepted for backwards
>> + compatibility.
>> Isn't that incorrect English?
> No.
>
>> It seems to me that this be non-plural,
>> as "for backward compatibility".
> "Backwards" is not plural, it's a regional variation of "backward" (or
> vice versa depending on which region you come from). Both are correct.
>
I am English, born & bred, and 'Backwards' feels a lot more natural to me.
Cheers,
Gavin
