[Ads-l] Is positive-anymore spreading?

[Herb Stahlke]

Isn't barely negative-polarity?

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> In an Arby's commercial:
>
> "It barely fits on the bun, _anymore!_"
>
> I don't know whether this commercial is peculiar to NE PA, where
> positive-anymore is the norm, or whether the campaign - for chicken
> sandwiches - is national.
>
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> -Wilson
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