Mudcat Café message #4055753
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Thread #132499 Message #4055753
Posted By: leeneia
29-May-20 - 01:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
"Anymore" is an interesting word. Sometimes it needs to be two words:
I don't want any more deviled eggs.
Or it can be an adverb meaning "at this time and into the future":
I don't play the bagpipe anymore.
When I moved to Missouri, I learned a new sense, namely "nowadays."
It seems like anymore nobody knows how to make head cheese.
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I'd find it hard to explain to anyone how we got the second two meanings from the two words any and more.