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I no longer like you, is the same than I don't like you anymore ?
Yes, it is. These two sentences have exactly the same meaning.
'No longer' is rather more formal than 'any more', and can sometimes sound unnatural in everyday speech. In most
spoken contexts, we tend to use a negative verb followed by 'any more'. 'No longer' is used more in written and
formal contexts.
- I no longer go to school
Both are correct and mean the same thing: I used to go to school but now I do not
It's a little more complicated than that.
"No longer" or "any longer" refer strictly to time, and are the correct way to express that something is ending:
He no longer wanted to dance.
She couldn't wait any longer.
Using "no more" to mean the same thing is archaic/poetic -- "He spoke no more." -- rather like Poe's "nevermore"
in "The Raven." Usually it's intended to refer to quantity:
There was no more flour in the barrel.
That's no more than fair.
"Any more" is supposed to refer to quantity -- "Is there any more salad?"
But "anymore" [the adverb] refers to time (If something does not happen or is not true anymore, it has
stopped happening or is no longer true)-- "He doesn't come to visit anymore."
No longer often comes in the normal mid position for adverbs (between the subject and main
verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after be as a main verb), especially in
more formal styles:
She no longer wears the dull colours of her former life and now dresses in
bright, fashionable clothes.
In very formal styles, we can use no longer in front position, with the subject and verb inverted:
No longer does he dream of becoming famous. He knows his life will be very
ordinary.
Compare
We use Not any longer as a response on its own. However, we dont use No longer as a
response on its own:
A:
Anymore: Significa "ya no". Por ejemplo: I don't live here anymore. Ya no vivo aqu.
Any longer: Significa lo mismo, "ya no". Mira aqu las diferencias entre "anymore" y "any
longer" o "no longer".
Por ejemplo: She isn't (negativo) here any longer. Ella ya no est aqu.
Esto es as porque en ingls no puede haber dos negativos juntos. Es decir, no es posible
poner (-) + (-) porque (al igual que ocurre en las matemticas) el resultado sera igual a +. Por
tanto, siempre tiene que haber "(+) + (-)" o "(-) + (+)".Entendido?
Esta vez, vamos a explicar las diferencias entre No longer y Anymore (o Any More si es ingls
britnico). En ambos casos en espaol significa ya no.