Anymore usually means “any longer,” and it shows up in sentences about things that used to be true but aren't true now. When your dad says “I don't eat ice cream anymore,” he means he used to eat it but has stopped. When you tell a friend “I don't live on Maple Street anymore,” you're explaining that you've moved away from a place where you used to live.

The word almost always appears in negative sentences or questions. You might ask, “Do you play soccer anymore?” or say, “That store doesn't sell comic books anymore.” It would sound strange to say “I play soccer anymore” without the “don't” in most kinds of English.

Some people confuse anymore with any more, which are actually two different things. Any more (two words) means “additional” or “extra,” as in “I don't want any more vegetables” or “Are there any more cookies?” But anymore (one word) is about time: it marks the difference between how things were and how they are now.

Think of anymore as a word that captures change. It's the verbal bookmark between your past and your present, the linguistic moment when something that was becomes something that isn't anymore.