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I just came across a sentence structure which I'm not entirely sure is grammatically correct, but I couldn't find anything searching the internet:

  • "I have no [...] anymore."

My first instinct is that A) that sounds rather weird, especially with uncountable nouns, and B) this is wrong, it should be "I do not have any [...] anymore." But on second thoughts I'm not so sure, and now I've spent so long thinking about it I don't entirely trust my brain any longer. Is this construction actually incorrect, and why or why not?

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    I think the reason it sounds strange is that it's rather informal. However, grammatically, it doesn't seem incorrect.
    – Alex W
    Sep 7, 2017 at 14:52
  • That's possible. It might be that it was the informality of this combined with "medication" rather than the informal "meds" that initially triggered my "this is wrong" reaction.
    – no-longer-guest389
    Sep 7, 2017 at 16:12

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It's perfectly fine to say I have no dreams anymore, or I have no CDs anymore. Uncountable nouns are fine too, as in I have no water anymore.

I cannot think of an object where it would sound wrong.

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  • But doesn't anymore use not? I've always thought it was not anymore/longer and no more/longer, with of course a few exceptions (eg. "I want to spend not more than ten pounds", and even that would sound better to me with "no").
    – no-longer-guest389
    Sep 7, 2017 at 14:34
  • I think that's a different construction. I used to do this -- not anymore! and I no longer go to school.
    – Oliver Mason
    Sep 7, 2017 at 14:38

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