I asked Marco why he didn't work

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Bassim

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Have I made any mistakes?

I asked Marco why he didn't work as a cook anymore. He answered, "Too much stress, too much worry. Now as a bus driver I feel like being on holiday."
 
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Have I made any mistakes?

I asked Marco why he didn't work as a cook anymore. He answered, "Too much stress, too much worry. [STRIKE]Now[/STRIKE] As a bus driver, I feel like [STRIKE]being on[/STRIKE] every day's a holiday."

See above.

"to feel like being on holiday" is grammatical, if not very natural, and means "to wish you were on holiday".
 
For your information Bassim, anymore in BrE is two words: any more.
 
I'm a native BrE speaker and I was always taught (and still use) "any more" for "even the smallest amount" (I haven't got any more money) and "anymore" for "any longer" (He doesn't work there anymore). That's why I left it there.
 
I'm a native BrE speaker and I was always taught (and still use) "any more" for "even the smallest amount" (I haven't got any more money) and "anymore" for "any longer" (He doesn't work there anymore).

I too make the same distinction.
 
Both oxforddictionaries.com and dictionary.cambridge.org say that anymore is AmE. I found a few sites where a distinction is made between the one-word and two-word versions depending on meannig, but they are all American.
As for style guides, I found this:Telegraph style book: any more/anymore: we do not want any more errors in the newspaper; we will not put up with this anymore
Guardian Style Guide: Please do not say “anymore” any more. Read this interesting article for more information.
 
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