[Ads-l] Is positive-anymore spreading?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Remove the comma, and this sounds normal to me, possibly for the reason
Herb cites.

Abnormal (but perfectly grammatical to some) would be,

"Anymore, it barely fits on the bun."

Position is all. Go figure.

JL



On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> > come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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