A:-Oh, my brother the star!
Days of Our Lives!
B: - Not anymore.
A:- Formerly!
is "not anymore" right ,Maybe it is "not any more"
and can it there change "not anylonger"?
I know the other phrase " no more" and "no longer" , but can "no"
embellish a adjective ???
2006-11-24 17:48:53 · 7 answers · asked by i_jita100 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Not any more=not any longer
(it's past, the situation has changed)
eg I get a divorce, meet an old friend, she says "I thought you were married!" I say "Not any more/not any longer"
"No" can be used with comparative adjectives,
eg Today is no hotter than yesterday.
In American English:
In standard American English the word anymore is often found in negative sentences: They don't live here anymore. But anymore is widely used in regional American English in positive sentences with the meaning “nowadays”: “We use a gas stove anymore” (Oklahoma informant in DARE). Its use, which appears to be spreading, is centered in the South Midland and Midwestern states, as well as in the Western states that received settlers from those areas. The earliest recorded examples are from Northern Ireland, where the positive use of anymore still occurs.
Ref American Heritage Dictionary
In British English:
any more (never spelt "anymore")
If you do not do something or something does not happen any more, you have stopped doing it or it does not now happen:
I don't do yoga any more.
Ref Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
2006-11-24 18:03:30 · answer #1 · answered by fidget 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's an interesting question.
"anymore" (one word) means the same as "any longer", and represents time. In MOST usage, it has a negative connotation - "my brother is not the star of Day of Our Lives anymore".
This is NOT the same as "any more", which refers to a physical quantity - "...so he can't have any more free snacks on the set."
"Really?"
"Nope, not anymore."
However, in SOME parts of the US the word "anymore" can be used as a positive, and means the same as nowadays - "Anymore we ride the bus to school, after the car broke down." This is not particularly standard and you shouldn't use it.
2006-11-25 02:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by ZenPenguin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anyone who says it wrong is besides the point.
Any more is regarding something physical. Any more pie.
Any longer is regarding time. Doesn't work here any longer.
Can you switch they around? maybe, but it would be a stretch to the understanding.
2006-11-25 02:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by Valeria 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The meaning is the same for both.
2006-11-25 02:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by KIT J 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"not anymore" concerns quantity. i.e. not any more food, not any more air, not any more room, etc
"not any longer" concerns time: i.e. not any more departures today, not any more chances to by lottery tickets, not any more entrants allowed to the show, etc.
2006-11-25 01:56:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I agree with one of your answers. His avatar is kondar. This question makes you think.
2006-11-25 02:14:28 · answer #6 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
not anymore is correct - but both work
2006-11-25 01:51:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋