Anymore or any more ?

[AimaneSN]

Hi there,

I have trouble with the following sentence in a book I'm reading : "Primitives often celebrate death [...] the final ritual elevation to a higher form of life, to the enjoyment of eternity in some form. Most modern Westerners have trouble believing this any more."

Why did the author say any more and not anymore ? As far as I know, "any more" is only used when referring to quantities, or maybe it's a spelling mistake by the author ?

Thank you for your help.

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, AimaneSN.

I have trouble with the following sentence in a book I'm reading[no space here]:

Always tell us the title and author of any book you quote from, please.

Please don't use texting abbreviations like AFAIK.

 

[AimaneSN]

Thank you for your reply @Rover_KE.

My quote is from the preface of the book "The Denial of Death", by Ernest Becker. I will edit my post to remove the abbrevation.

Cheers

 

[Piscean]

"Any more" is always correct as two words in BrE.