any more

più

Nelle frasi negative e nelle domande, indica che qualcosa è cessato o chiede se continua.

In inglese semplice: Used in negative sentences and questions to say something has stopped or might have stopped.

• I do not need it any more.
• She does not live here any more.
• Do they sell those cakes any more?

Come si usa: not + verb + any more (I do not eat meat any more.); question + any more (Do you see your old classmates any more?)

Sinonimi: any longer

Espressioni comuni: not work any more, not live any more

di più, più

Nelle domande e nelle negazioni, serve a chiedere o negare una quantità o un’intensità maggiore.

In inglese semplice: Used in questions or negatives to ask about or deny a greater amount or degree.

• Is this chair any more comfortable?
• I do not trust him any more than you do.
• The new version was not any more useful.

Come si usa: not + verb + any more than… (I do not like rain any more than you do.); any more + adjective (Is this route any more convenient?)

Espressioni comuni: any more than someone, any more expensive

ormai, a questo punto

Nelle domande esasperate, sottolinea lo stupore perché qualcosa conta ancora o continua.

In inglese semplice: Used in frustrated questions about why something still matters or continues now.

• What is the point any more?
• Why are we even trying any more?
• With everything broken, what can we trust any more?

Sinonimi: at this point, by now

Espressioni comuni: why bother any more, what matters any more

ormai, oggigiorno

In alcune regioni significa ora o oggigiorno, anche nelle frasi affermative.

In inglese semplice: Used in some regions to mean now or nowadays, including in positive sentences.

• We shop online any more.
• She mostly works from home any more.
• Gas costs so much any more.

Sinonimi: nowadays, these days, now

Espressioni comuni: work remotely any more, eat locally any more