Maybe This isn’t a Mistake
rogersgeorge on January 14th, 2019
But it’s a pattern I’ve seen over the years: The word “anymore” belongs in a negative statement. For example, we say,
Nobody does it this way anymore.
So when I see it in a positive construction, it raises a flag:
https://www.gocomics.com/floandfriends/2018/11/25
I think the gal on the left should have said, “Everyone is so angry nowadays, aren’t they?”
What do you think?
PS— “Any more,” two words, is a somewhat different construction that we use for tangible objects, not the passage of time. So we say, “Do we have any more dressing for that turkey?”
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