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Positive ''anymore'' is the use of the adverb ''anymore'' in an affirmative context. While ''any more'' is typically a negative/interrogative polarity item used in negative, interrogative, or hypothetical contexts, speakers of some dialects of English use it in positive or affirmative contexts,〔This refers to morphosyntactic context, and not necessarily to connotation. Positive ''anymore'' may express negative feelings about a situation, but it is not a negative polarity item, which can occur only with a negative word such as ''not'' or ''doesn't''.〕 with a meaning similar to ''nowadays'' or ''from now on''.〔 Positive ''anymore'' occurs in some varieties of North American English, especially in the Midlands variety spoken in parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri; its usage extends to Utah and some other western U.S. states. Positive ''anymore'' also occurs in parts of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Some linguists theorize that the North American usage derives from Irish or Scots-Irish sources. ==Examples== The following examples illustrate the use of positive ''anymore'' in Irish or American English speech, as recorded by lexicographers or sociolinguists. * "A servant being instructed how to act, will answer 'I will do it any more'." (Northern Ireland, c. 1898) * "Any more, the difference between a white collar worker and a blue collar worker is simply a matter of shirt preference." (Madison, Wisconsin, 1973)〔 * "Everything we do anymore seems to have been done in a big hurry." (Kingston, Ontario, 1979)〔 * "I'll be getting six or seven days' holiday anymore." (Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1981)〔 * "Anymore we watch videos rather than go to the movies." (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1991) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Positive anymore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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