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9 mar. 2020

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"Jimmy, down the road a'ways, there's this old abandoned building."

Is [a'ways] another way of writing [always]? Like ['cause] instead of [because]?
Does that make sense? Is it proper English?
What exactly does [down the road a'ways] mean?

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It is NOT another way of writing always. It’s a colloquial term, usually from the south. It means “a moderate distance” if I could put it into words.
“A ways”
You can say: “We’ve still got a ways to go before we reach the top.”
It does sound weird when you think about it lol, but that’s just how some people speak. Come to think of it, it’s not used INCREDIBLY frequently, but I’m pretty sure any native speaker would recognize it and understand it.

@Cabrini Any idea of why "apostrophe" was inserted in the line from the clip?

a ways = a'ways ????

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