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Tiểu Cầm Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

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Dimness of light will not harm the eyes any more than taking a photograph in dimly light
The correction is dimly ---> dim. But I think phrase any more must be situated in the last of the sentence. EX: I don't think of her any more.
Please explain it to me. Thanks.
  

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Any more is in the right place as it means 'to a greater degree than'. When it means 'any longer', especially Americans write it as one word: I don't like it anymore. CB

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  • Any more is in the right place as it means 'to a greater degree than'.
  • When it means 'any longer', especially Americans write it as one word: I don't like it anymore.
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Any more is in the right place as it means 'to a greater degree than'. When it means 'any longer', especially Americans write it as one word: I don't like it anymore.

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Any more vs anymore, when used to mean any longer, is an interesting case. Its use in the US in the expanded or contracted form varies extensively depending on locality. Even more interesting is that in some places it's used to mean something like nowadays: "Anymore I'm too tired in the evenings to go out like I used to" or "Anymore I just get bored when I try to read
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