<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>There's a difference of opinions on usage. <br></span></div><div> http://alt-usage-english.org/anymore.html<br><br><h1>"anymore" and "any more"</h1>
<div class="subh1">by Bob Cunningham</div>
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<div>Opinion concerning "anymore" vs "any more" divides roughly into
three camps:
</div><ol><li>There is no such word as
"anymore". It is simply a misspelling.
</li><li>"Anymore" and "any more" are
two ways of spelling the same thing,
and the two
have the same meaning.
</li><li>There is a useful difference
in meaning between the two.
</li></ol>
<div>About the first two camps, little more needs to be said. Either
statement stands on its own and needs no elaboration.</div>
<div>The
difference in meaning considered useful by the third camp is that
"anymore" is an adverb meaning "nowadays" or "any longer", while
"any more" can be either adverb plus adjective, as in "I don't want
any more pie", or adjective plus noun, as in "I don't want any
more."</div>
<div>The difference between the two meanings is illustrated in the
sentence: "I don't buy books anymore because I don't need any more
books."</div>
<div>The distinction of "any more" and "anymore" seems to be
recognized by many, but not all, US users and by dictionaries
published in the US. At least one British dictionary (NSOED/93) and
some British users recognize "anymore" as an alternative spelling of
"any more", but do not recognize a difference in meaning.</div>
<div>The adverb "anymore" is standard American English when it is
used in a negative sense, as in "I don't do that anymore." It is a
regional or dialectal usage, mostly restricted to spoken English,
when it is used in a positive sense, meaning "nowadays", as in
"Anymore I do that" or "I do that anymore."</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com>; Moscow Vision 2020 <Vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 20, 2012 7:42 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] The GOP Has Been Put on Notice<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1776367154"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style=""><span style="">I am probably the only one on the planet that doesn't like this simply because it uses "ANY MORE" instead of "ANYMORE". Otherwise, I like it. Now they just need to get every woman in the United States to sign it and send it to the GOP Headquarters<var id="yiv1776367154yui-ie-cursor"></var>. :)</span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="">Donovan Arnold</span></div>
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