Anymore vs. Any More: Usage Guide
Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in current writing anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative,
No one can be natural anymore.
—May Sarton
interrogative,
Do you read much anymore?
and conditional
If you do that anymore, I'll leave.
contexts and in certain positive constructions.
The Washingtonian is too sophisticated to believe anymore in solutions.
—Russell Baker
In many regions of the U.S. the use of anymore in sense 2 is quite common in positive constructions, especially in speech.
… everybody's cool anymore.
—Bill White
Every time we leave the house anymore, I play a game called "Stump the Housebreaker."
—Erma Bombeck
The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the U.S. except New England.
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“Anymore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anymore. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.
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