Forevermore usage

[fbs88italy]

Hi all,
is this sentence correct?

"I cannot do this forevermore".

Beside the fact that I'm not even sure if the correct one is "forevermore" or "forever more", but this doesn't sound right to me. What I want to say is "I cannot do this forever", does it work the same? If not, how do I use "forevermore" in a sentence?

It's for a song, so please I just need a binary answer.

Thanks!
Fabio

 

[GoesStation]

The word forevermore is archaic. Say I can't ever do this again or I can never do this again.

 

[jutfrank]

You might see it in literary texts, meaning from that point until the end of time. It's similar to forever and ever.

 

[emsr2d2]

"I can't do this forever" doesn't mean the same as "I can't ever do this again".

 

[Rover_KE]

It's for a song, so please I just need a binary answer.

If by that you mean 'a yes or no answer', then yes. You can write anything you like in song lyrics. If challenged, call it poetic licence.

Click here to read how people use the word in a variety of contexts. (Bookmark the site for future reference.)

 

[Tdol]

You can do pretty much anything in a song- if it fits the tune and sounds OK, it will probably work.

 

[fbs88italy]

You can do pretty much anything in a song- if it fits the tune and sounds OK, it will probably work.

Sure, but I prefer to say correct things, since is not my native language!

 

[jutfrank]

If you want a binary answer, I'd say 'no'. You should say I can't do this forever. If you use forevermore, it's not right.

 

[Tdol]

Sure, but I prefer to say correct things, since is not my native language!

Here are some famous cases:

If you judge a book by the cover, then you judge the look by the lover. (ABC- The Look of Love- he means the exact opposite, but he's got a rhyme)

But if this ever changing world in which we live in (Paul McCartney, Live and Let Die- he's going overboard on his prepositions here, but it fits and most don't notice it unless it's pointed out to then. Some version give yet another in instead of if.)

You will be in good company if you stretch grammar and meaning a bit to fit a tune.