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Word for the Wise : Anymore
March 10th, 2010
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Author: We can't resist anymore; today we face down the various usage issues surrounding the term anymore.
First the easy part: is the adverb anymore properly spelled as one word or two? The one-word styling is more common nowadays (or should we say, "the one-word styling is more common anymore"?), but the two-word form is still perfectly acceptable. Just remember that there is a difference between the adverb anymore ("We don't go out anymore") and the phrase any more where more acts as a pronoun or an adjective ("I can't eat any more pizza"). In the latter case, any and more are always distinct words.
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First the easy part: is the adverb anymore properly spelled as one word or two? The one-word styling is more common nowadays (or should we say, "the one-word styling is more common anymore"?), but the two-word form is still perfectly acceptable. Just remember that there is a difference between the adverb anymore ("We don't go out anymore") and the phrase any more where more acts as a pronoun or an adjective ("I can't eat any more pizza"). In the latter case, any and more are always distinct words.
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