any more

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?

How to use it: not + verb + any more (I do not eat meat any more.); question + any more (Do you see your old classmates any more?)

Similar words: any longer

Common phrases: not work any more, not live any more

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.

How to use it: not + verb + any more than… (I do not like rain any more than you do.); any more + adjective (Is this route any more convenient?)

Common phrases: any more than someone, any more expensive

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?

Similar words: at this point, by now

Common phrases: why bother any more, what matters any more

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.

Similar words: nowadays, these days, now

Common phrases: work remotely any more, eat locally any more