ANYMORE

adverb Date: 14th century any longer , at the present time ; now , Usage: Although both ~ and any more are found in written use, in the 20th century ~ is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative , interrogative , and conditional contexts and in certain positive constructions . In many regions of the United States the use of ~ in sense 2 is quite common in positive constructions, especially in speech . The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the United States except New England.