Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:41:37 -0500
From: Daniel S Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: Usage: "any more" (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:58:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Janet Harader jharader[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CLASS.ORG
To: DYSON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cluster.ucs.indiana.edu
Cc: Stumpers-list[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CRF.CUIS.EDU
Subject: Re: Usage: "any more"
"The Random House Dictionary of the English Usage" states that anymore is
commonly spelled as one word. They give two definitions. The second,
which is "nowadays; presently" gives the date of 1350-1400; Middle
English "ani more any longer". The dictionary does not give a source of
a book or quote where the word originated, only a date.
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On Sun, 17 Sep 1995 DYSON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cluster.ucs.indiana.edu wrote:
Can anyone supply me with a first-seen-in-print cite for the usage of "any
more" not in its customary sense of "no longer" or "any longer" (Bob does not
live here any more), but meaning "nowadays" (Any more you can't tell the
difference)? I assume it is an Americanism, though I never heard it as I was
growing up. Perhaps our British and Australian colleagues can indicate
whether
they hear it used that way as well. Thanks.
John Dyson
Spanish and Portuguese
Indiana University