When do you use ANY MORE as two words—and when do you use them in one word—ANYMORE?
Please use them in sentences and I’ll tell you if you’re right! Tip: ANY MORE has to do with an amount of something. ANYMORE has to do with time— as in NO LONGER.
Ilene
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Alternatively, save yourself a whole load of worries and just forget about 'anymore'. You don't actually need it. I have never used the one-word version and never intend to.
Is there any more coffee? Correct
I don't drink coffee any more. Also correct.
Simple tip: always write 'any more', and it'll always be correct.
Why make life more complicated than it needs to be?
PS One more tip: the same goes for 'a while' and the totally unnecessary 'awhile'. Forget about the one-word version.
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They are completely different.
Do you have any more questions? - a statment of quantity.
Do you have any more puppies? You had some last month. - quantity
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I can't do this anymore. - always time, = I can't do this any more times, or, I can't do this any longer.
Do you have puppies anymore? You had some last month? - still this month, time
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Irene, you are advertising in the wrong area, I think.
In my answer, to what I assumed was your question, as that's where you posted, I wrote
"I can't do this anymore. " - the sentence, then the less than natural explanation for a non-native speaker, to clarify-
always time, = I can't do this any more times, or, I can't do this any longer.
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Your pointer to what would be better was to exactly what I wrote.
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If you comment again, you can get even more visibility form one pseudo-question. :)
I didn't mix anything up. Thanks for helping. I always assumed the main ingredient to being a good teacher was to listen really well.
Thanks for the offer.
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Enjoy.
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