On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Ingo Kloecker <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sunday 25 March 2012, Simon Osborne wrote: >> On 25/03/2012 06:36, Paulius Stepanas wrote: >> > Hope it's not too late for me to respond to this: >> > >> > Sent by projectaon-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Simon Osborne: >> >> BOOK 9 >> >> (er) 19: any more -> anymore >> > >> > No, the original is correct. Up until a couple of years ago, there >> > was no such word as "anymore" (may still not be) in the dictionary. >> > The correct form is as two words: "any more". >> >> <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anymore> >> >> Use of "anymore" has not just sprung up over 'a couple of years', >> since I was using it at school (1980s) in England. Of course, not >> all English teachers teach the same thing, which makes for an even >> more wonderful, frustrating language! > > Just for reference, here are all occurrences of "any more" and "anymore" > in the books: > > Looking for >any more<... > 01fftd 335: Rather than waste any more precious time, you continue > 01gstw 22: and you will not have to use any more WILLPOWER > 02fotw 241: could be cut out before it does any more harm. > 02smr 262: Rather than risk losing any more of his men, the leader > orders > 08tjoh 129: if you can avoid encountering any more of the Danarg's > 09tcof 19: "Not any more," replies the bearded > 11tpot equipmnt: but you may not add any more at the beginning of this > adventure > 21votm 166: . When you refuse to give them any more money, they become > aggressive > 27v 327: I have no desire to risk any more in a reckless pursuit. > 28thos 247: we'll not be seeing any more from those fine fellows again, > > Looking for >anymore<... > 18dotd 59: can hardly be considered news anymore. > 18dotd errerr: Replaced "any more" with "anymore". Thanks, Ingo. I guess this shows that the author stuck with "any more". If he had used "anymore" in the adverbial sense that the context in 18dotd and 09tcof call for, then I would have been OK with that. But being that he stuck with "any more", I'm cool with that, too. I've reverted the change in 18dotd and committed it to subversion. -- Jon ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at http://www.freelists.org/list/projectaon