Timeline for Which word to use, "again" or "anymore"?
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| Apr 7, 2014 at 23:39 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | @PeterShor on the wiki link it states "with a meaning similar to nowadays or from now on". | |
| Apr 7, 2014 at 23:19 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2013 at 1:51 | vote | accept | Tu Tran | ||
| Jun 17, 2013 at 20:05 | comment | added | John Y | @TrevorD: Even in those parts of the U.S. that the positive anymore is used at all, I don't think it's particularly common. (It's uncommon enough that I can't even identify which parts of the U.S. use it. I've never heard it in my life, and I've been all over the country.) | |
| Jun 17, 2013 at 18:16 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 17, 2013 at 16:54 | comment | added | John Lawler | Yeah, I forgot about positive anymore. It's a rare example of generalization; from a strictly negative-polarity [+p =ᵗ=> -p] it's now gone to a fully commutative [±p =ᵗ=> ∓p]. | |
| Jun 17, 2013 at 15:36 | comment | added | TrevorD | +1 Very detailed & helpful answer. As a Brit, I've never heard of the 'positive' usage of 'anymore'. | |
| Jun 17, 2013 at 13:35 | comment | added | John Lawler | Any( )more is a Negative Polarity Item and has its own idiomatic syntax within the NPI system. Its meaning is complex and involves presuppositions and change of state, and it can only occur in a negative environment. | |
| Jun 17, 2013 at 11:29 | history | answered | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |