Anytime and any time

[Ju]

I. I can go at any time tomorrow.

2. I can go anytime tomorrow.

Do the above sentences mean the same and grammatically correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

Do the above sentences mean the same and are they grammatically correct?

Yes and yes.

 

[5jj]

This ageing speaker of BrE has never used, and never will use. the single word anytime. The same goes for anymore and anyplace.

 

[Tdol]

Anytime doesn't bother me as an adverb. I must be ageing slightly slower. ;-)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The only thing like that that curdles my toenails is when people mean "every day" and write "everyday."

I don't know about the U.K., but it's an epidemic in the U.S.

 

[Tdol]

You won't lose money betting that whatever ails US English, as you/we see it, is the same in the UK.

 

[emsr2d2]

I. I can go at any time tomorrow.

2. I can go anytime tomorrow.

Do the above sentences mean the same and are they both grammatically correct?

Use sentence #1. Also note that you don't have to use "at" even with "any time".

 

[TheParser]

NOT A TEACHER

Ju, you might be interested in what my copy of Kenneth G. Wilson's The Columbia Guide to Standard American English (1993) says on page 34.

1. It "is an Americanism usually spelled as one word." Its example: "The meeting can be scheduled anytime."

2. It "can still be two words when it is an adjective modifying a noun." Its example: "I will not have any time until Thursday."

 

[SoothingDave]

The only thing like that that curdles my toenails is when people mean "every day" and write "everyday."

I don't know about the U.K., but it's an epidemic in the U.S.

I see it every day. One might say it's an everyday occurrence.

Another problem is people who think "apart" means "a part." They're practically antonyms!

 

[jutfrank]

My view is that those who would defend the single word anytime as being grammatically different in some way would have great difficulty justifying the use of at. That isn't the case for the two-word version.

at any time :tick:
at anytime :cross:

 

[SoothingDave]

One doesn't use "at" because "anytime" is a different word.

"I don't need to to this now. I can do it anytime."