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If you have two sets of sheets, and you have used one and the guest has used the other, do you say
I don't have any more clean sheets.
What is the difference between this expression and " I do not have clean sheets any more?"
I don't have any more clean sheets.
What is the difference between this expression and " I do not have clean sheets any more?"
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[/nq] Yes, that's good. "[/nq] When "any more" comes before a noun, it means that there used to be (or whatever the verb may be) some but now there are none. When "any more" is used at the end of a sentence, it adds a meaning of "no longer" to the whole sentence.
- [/nq] Yes, that's good.
- "[/nq] When "any more" comes before a noun, it means that there used to be (or whatever the verb may be) some but now there are none.
- When "any more" is used at the end of a sentence, it adds a meaning of "no longer" to the whole sentence.
- I won't eat apples any more - I won't eat apples in the future I won't eat any more apples - I've eaten some apples but I will not eat more apples.
- David ==
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[nq:1]If you have two sets of sheets, and you have used one and the guest has used the other, do you say I don't have any more clean sheets.[/nq]
Yes, that's good.
[nq:1]What is the difference between this expression and " I do not have clean sheets any more?"[/nq]
When "any more" comes before a noun, it means that there used to be (or whatever the verb may be) some but now there are
Yes, that's good.
[nq:1]What is the difference between this expression and " I do not have clean sheets any more?"[/nq]
When "any more" comes before a noun, it means that there used to be (or whatever the verb may be) some but now there are
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[nq:1]If you have two sets of sheets, and you have used one and the guest has used the other, do ... more clean sheets. What is the difference between this expression and " I do not have clean sheets any more?"[/nq]
Does it make it any clearer if I switch it to:
Joe wants a piece of string. Mary has some and Joe takes one. He looks at it and asks here, "Do you have any longer string?"
Does it make it any clearer if I switch it to:
Joe wants a piece of string. Mary has some and Joe takes one. He looks at it and asks here, "Do you have any longer string?"
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If you just hear,
I can't find any more clean sheets.
do you sometimes possibly imagine that that person tries to say that he can't find any extra sheets?
I can't find any more clean sheets.
do you sometimes possibly imagine that that person tries to say that he can't find any extra sheets?
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[nq:1]In the second, "any more/anymore" and "any longer" are idiomatic expressons that mean something like "now, as contrasted with the past." "Anymore" is usually spelled as a single word, "any longer" is not, but there's no striking reason for the spelling difference.[/nq]
There is a small war underway in a French/English newsgroup about this. It's my view that the single word "anymore" does
There is a small war underway in a French/English newsgroup about this. It's my view that the single word "anymore" does
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[nq:1]If you just hear, I can't find any more clean sheets. do you sometimes possibly imagine that that person tries to say that he can't find any extra sheets?[/nq]
I'm not quite sure what you are asking. The sentence indicates that the person has some clean sheets, or has in the past found some clean sheets, but now there are no clean sheets to be found.
David
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I'm not quite sure what you are asking. The sentence indicates that the person has some clean sheets, or has in the past found some clean sheets, but now there are no clean sheets to be found.
David
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[nq:2]In the second, "any more/anymore" and "any longer" are idiomatic ... not, but there's no striking reason for the spelling difference.[/nq]
[nq:1]There is a small war underway in a French/English newsgroup about this. It's my view that the single word "anymore" doesn't exist in UK English, but there are dictionaries which maintain this is an acceptable alternative to "any more".[/nq]
[nq:1]There is a small war underway in a French/English newsgroup about this. It's my view that the single word "anymore" doesn't exist in UK English, but there are dictionaries which maintain this is an acceptable alternative to "any more".[/nq]
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[nq:2]In the second, "any more/anymore" and "any longer" are idiomatic ... not, but there's no striking reason for the spelling difference.[/nq]
[nq:1]There is a small war underway in a French/English newsgroup about this. It's my view that the single word "anymore" doesn't exist in UK English, but there are dictionaries which maintain this is an acceptable alternative to "any more".[/nq]
[nq:1]There is a small war underway in a French/English newsgroup about this. It's my view that the single word "anymore" doesn't exist in UK English, but there are dictionaries which maintain this is an acceptable alternative to "any more".[/nq]
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[nq:2]In the second, "any more/anymore" and "any longer" are idiomatic ... not, but there's no striking reason for the spelling difference.[/nq]
[nq:1]There is a small war underway in a French/English newsgroup about this. It's my view that the single word "anymore" doesn't exist in UK English, but there are dictionaries which maintain this is an acceptable alternative to "any more". David ==[
[nq:1]There is a small war underway in a French/English newsgroup about this. It's my view that the single word "anymore" doesn't exist in UK English, but there are dictionaries which maintain this is an acceptable alternative to "any more". David ==[
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There's no difference, really. It's just a matter of whether one should use a space, which amounts to a spelling difference. It's still a single word, however it's spelled.
[nq:1]I'd say that there's a general principle in the development of the language whereby short phrases whose individual words don't bear their usual interpretation are turned into single words. This produces quite remarkab
[nq:1]I'd say that there's a general principle in the development of the language whereby short phrases whose individual words don't bear their usual interpretation are turned into single words. This produces quite remarkab
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( . . . )
(about "any more" and "anymore")
[nq:1]There's no difference, really. It's just a matter of whether one should use a space, which amounts to a spelling difference. It's still a single word, however it's spelled.[/nq]
Professor Lawler has continued to maintain that point of view over the years, despite the fact that American dictionaries say that "anymore" is an adverb, while
(about "any more" and "anymore")
[nq:1]There's no difference, really. It's just a matter of whether one should use a space, which amounts to a spelling difference. It's still a single word, however it's spelled.[/nq]
Professor Lawler has continued to maintain that point of view over the years, despite the fact that American dictionaries say that "anymore" is an adverb, while
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