Re: The Minion Method

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:09:10 -0700, Kevin S. Wilson <rescyou@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:44:09 -0800, Denny Wheeler
<dennyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:06:18 -0700, Kevin S. Wilson <rescyou@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I'm always interested in discussing the finer points of grammar,
spelling, punctuation, usage, and syntax, Dank. So go right ahead and
point out for us all exactly what you're objecting to in the sentence
"You don't even know who you're talking to anymore, do you, drunken
hillbilly racist?"

I have one nit about that sentence: "anymore" should be "any
more"--the dialectical usage wherein "anymore" is correct is rarely
seen on Usenet.

You appear to be thinking of "anymore" when used in positive
constuctions, as a synonym for "nowadays" ("We use a gas stove
anymore") rather than "anymore" used in negative constructions such as
the original sentence ("Alice doesn't live here anymore").

See the Regional Note at
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=anymore

Quite correct. Your example is the (rarely seen in type; more likely
in speech) dialect usage.

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge
.

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