a locus classicus for fronted "anymore"

Scot LaFaive slafaive at GMAIL.COM
Tue Aug 18 16:46:44 UTC 2009


I'm aware of it too, but just because I know of its existence doesn't mean I
understand it. I have a similar problem with Dick Cheney.

Scot

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Steve Kl. <stevekl at gmail.com> wrote:

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> It totally sounds a-ok to me. I use it (but I'm aware of its existence as a
> linguistic phenomenon, so maybe the fact that I do doesn't count), but I
> know my parents use it, too.
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> > > Anymore, the airlines don't want to take the risks
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> > Man that's weird to my Wisconsin ears. It makes my brain hurt just trying
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> > grasp it.
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> > Scot
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> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
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> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/business/18airports.html
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> > > August 18, 2009
> > > Small Cities Pay to Keep Air Travel
> > > By ELIZABETH OLSON
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> > > With airlines cutting back service in a weak economy, some cities
> > > that are too big to qualify for federal help but too small to keep
> > > the planes flying in have stepped up with ways to hang on: paying the
> > > airlines, either directly or indirectly.
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> > > The cities, like Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Duluth, Minn., have tried
> > > various strategies to keep their lifeline to the outside world.
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> > > ...
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> > > Officials in Duluth are weighing whether to guarantee an airline that
> > > a certain percentage of seats will be filled. Once those targets are
> > > met, the city will profit.
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> > > "Anymore, the airlines don't want to take the risks," said Brian
> > > Ryks, executive director of the Duluth Airport Authority. "But they
> > > want all the rewards."
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