Positive anymore is the use of the adverb anymore in an affirmative context. While any more (also spelled anymore) is typically a negative/interrogative polarity item used in negative, interrogative, or hypothetical contexts, speakers of some dialects of English use it in positive or affirmative contexts, with a meaning similar to nowadays or from now on. The difference between negative (NPI, short for "negative polarity item") anymore and positive anymore can be characterized as follows: Some linguists theorize that the North American usage derives from Irish or Scots-Irish sources.
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