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Proper use of the word "anymore"?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1379204:MV8xNTIyOTgzXzI1MTI2MDQ1X0ZBMzRDNEZG] I've noticed the same thing anymore. It bother's the shit out of me anymore. People just put anymore at the end of their sentences anymore for no reason at all anymore. Long form summar: People that barely understand the English language are posting on the internet causing other people who barely have an education or understand English to pick up terrible habits and spread these ridiculous abuses around. All you can do is just consider that the person probably doesn't speak English as their native language and is just repeating bad form and improper usage when they type online. The net is a big place full of people who speak English out of necessity and don't care one bit about it's proper usage and only want to get their point across regardless of how bad it pisses of native speakers to read those abominations. [/quote]
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I've read and heard people use the word "anymore" in a sentence that contradicts how I've known this word to be used.
For instance, I have always understood "anymore" to be the opposite of "evermore", or a close relative of "nevermore"; as in it doesn't happen any longer.
But more and more people have been using it exactly the opposite lately. For instance:
Proper --> I can't handle this anymore.
Improper --> The world is a scary place anymore.
How do you use the word "anymore", and why the sudden improper usage?
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