[Ads-l] Is positive-anymore spreading?

[Laurence Horn]

> On Aug 30, 2016, at 7:50 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Remove the comma, and this sounds normal to me, possibly for the reason
> Herb cites.
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> Abnormal (but perfectly grammatical to some) would be,
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> "Anymore, it barely fits on the bun."
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> Position is all. Go figure.
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Yup.  Well, scope is all.  

"Anymore, it doesn't fit on the bun" is as bad for us non-pos "anymore" folks as Jon's fronted version above.  
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> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Isn't barely negative-polarity?
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>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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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