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The Court of Peeves, Crotchets & Irks resumes its winter assizes with a petition from Robert Moore of Chicago. He asks a declaratory judgment on "anymore." In evidence he offers a statement attributed to the philosopher Yogi Berra: "Toots Shor's is so crowded nobody goes there anymore."
The court has addressed this cosmic matter off and on for the past 30 years, but the "any" words continue to attract questions. We may dispose quickly of one inquiry: Is "anymore" two words or one? Authorities agree that in the sense of "amount," it takes two words, e.g., "Do you want any more gin?" And, as a declarative statement, "If he says any more about the Super Bowl, he'll be eating dinner in the basement." Otherwise, it's one word: anymore.See the full content of this document
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Any More Questions About `Anymore'?
READER MOORE'S question goes to the dialectal "anymore," in the sense of "nowadays," and here we turn first to DARE, the delightful Dictionary of Am...
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