Cool Breeze  +  342855 Sat, 24 Mar 07 02:02 PM  Koto wrote: I'm not sure but I guess "anymore of " is American and "any more of" is more like British? Hi Koto I can only repeat what I said in my previous post: anymore refers to time. E-mails are not time. The following extract is from the Random House Webster's Dictionary (an American dictionary): anymore 1.    any longer. 2.    nowadays; presently. [1350–1400; ME ani more any longer] —Usage. The adverb ANYMORE meaning “any longer” or “nowadays” is most commonly spelled as one word. It is used in negative constructions and in some types of questions: Sally doesn't work here anymore. Do you play tennis anymore? In some dialects, chiefly South Midland in origin, it is found in positive statements meaning “nowadays”: Baker's bread is all we eat anymore. Anymore we always take the bus. Its use at the beginning of a sentence is almost exclusive to speech or to representations of speech. Cheers CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Finland Senior Member 4,352 "Translators, traitors." - Italian proverb Verbs, Constructions, Adverbs, Negatives, Dialects

	Philip  +  342906 Sat, 24 Mar 07 04:13 PM  Cool Breeze wrote:  Koto wrote: "...............you will not get anymore of our emails if you go here........" Hi Koto I would prefer: You will not get any more of our emails... because of the of. Anymore, spelled as one word, refers to time: He doesn't live here anymore. (In British English it is often spelled any more even in this sense.) Cheers CB Thanks for adding that, CB.  I was going to double-check on it myself and post, but now you've confirmed it for me. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 9,313 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen British English

	Grammar Geek  +  343082 Sun, 25 Mar 07 06:05 AM Lest we be tempted to hold up spammers as paragons of grammar, in addition to the "any more" issue, e-mail is almost always singular. (By the way, Koto, PLEASE don't go where it said to go. That's how they "get you." Just delete.) Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 20,881 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Grammar

	Koto  +  343112 Sun, 25 Mar 07 07:44 AM Hi CB, Thanks for your reply. Well, yes I know that anymore refers to time.  But I've seen quite a few people writing "anymore of something/things" So, do ｔhey just abbreviate any more to anymore in writing? !!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Koto Joined on Fri, Mar 16 2007 Japan New Member 29 Abbreviations

	CalifJim  +  343114 Sun, 25 Mar 07 07:53 AM do ｔhey just abbreviate any more to anymore in writing? That's the charitable interpretation.  They are probably not really aware of the difference and are simply making mistakes. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 24,237 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Abbreviations

	Koto  +  343116 Sun, 25 Mar 07 07:56 AM  Grammar Geek wrote: Lest we be tempted to hold up spammers are paragons of grammar, in addition to the "any more" issue, e-mail is almost always singular. (By the way, Koto, PLEASE don't go where it said to go. That's how they "get you." Just delete.) Hi GG, No problemo! I ignore spam email. Thanks for mentioning the "e-mail"　issue. I didn't know it had to be always singular. Koto Grammar

	Koto  +  343117 Sun, 25 Mar 07 07:58 AM  CalifJim wrote: do ｔhey just abbreviate any more to anymore in writing? That's the charitable interpretation.  They are probably not really aware of the difference and are simply making mistakes. CJ Thanks CJ! Koto Abbreviations

	Cool Breeze  +  343145 Sun, 25 Mar 07 10:16 AM  Grammar Geek wrote: Lest we be tempted to hold up spammers are paragons of grammar, in addition to the "any more" issue, e-mail is almost always singular. Hi GG Computer magazines abound in millions of examples of e-mail used in the plural whenever the occasion presents itself. The following excerpt is from PCAnswers: "Emails bounce back and forth all over the world between millions of people, yet how many take steps to back up and protect that information? Think about what’s contained within your emails." Their preferred spelling has no hyphen, though. E-mail is a relatively new word and it would have been too impractical for even the British to use awkward expressions like two pieces of e-mail instead of two e-mails. Of course I believe you when you say that where you live it is used almost exclusively in the singular. Cheers CB Cool Breeze Grammar, Plurals, Spelling, Hyphens

	Yankee  +  343258 Sun, 25 Mar 07 02:45 PM Right, I think the confusion over the word E-mail/Email/e-mail/email (and the plural form) is simply due to the fact that the word is relatively new.  I know I also resisted putting an 'S' on the end of that word initially, but have since changed my ways.  Webster's Dictionary also describes the word e-mail as both countable and uncountable:  "sent him an e-mail"  and  "receives a lot of e-mail". Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,774 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Plurals