Positive anymore
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positive-anymore-249-2113644
title:
Positive anymore
text:
Positive anymore is the use of the adverb anymore in an affirmative context. While any more is typically a negative/interrogative polarity item used in negative, interrogative, or hypothetical contexts, speakers of some dialects of English use it in positive or affirmative contexts, with a meaning similar to nowadays or from now on. The difference between negative anymore and positive anymore can be characterized as follows: Negative: "I don't eat meat anymore" → "I used to eat meat, and (but) I
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Dialectal use of 'anymore' with positive polarity
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_anymore
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date modified:
2023-10-05T13:43:20Z
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