There is nothing I can do any more(anymore). VS. There is not any more thing I can do.

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There is nothing I can do any more(anymore). VS. There is not any more thing I can do.Which one is natural to native English speakers think? Is there a meaning difference?Thank you so much as usual in advance!

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

The first is OK. I never write 'any more' as one word. The second is not natural.

CalifJim · Answer

Hans51There is nothing I can do any more(anymore).

There is nothing I can do anymore. (AmE) ~ There is no longer anything I can do.

Hans51There is not any more thing I can do.

There isn't [anything more / any more] I can do. (AmE) ~ There is no additional thing I can do.

Hans51Is there a meaning difference?

Yes, as you see from my paraphrases above.

CJ

Hans51 · Answer

Thank you so much as usual and I am just curious to know what "~ "means in your writing and when I can use "~" in writing? Thank you so much again.

CalifJim · Answer

Hans51"~ "

It's a symbol I borrowed from mathematics. I don't like to write "=" (equals) for language because two expressions or sentences can never be really equal, so I write "~" (is approximately equal to) when I want to indicate that the meaning is very nearly the same. Thus, X ~ Y means that Y is a good paraphrase for X or that Y is another way of saying X.

CJ

There is nothing I can do any more(anymore). VS. There is not any more thing I can do.

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