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> “This is private land, access is permitted by the owner and may be withdrawn at anytime.” I’m not a native speaker of English, but shouldn’t that be “at any
by bjornsing 3y ago
> “This is private land, access is permitted by the owner and may be withdrawn at anytime.”
I’m not a native speaker of English, but shouldn’t that be “at any time”?
- CrzyLngPwd 3y agoCould have used anywhen to freak people out.
- Dalewyn 3y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anytime https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anytime >First Known Use >1822, in the meaning defined above While it certainly looks wrong, it is correct.
- vasdae 3y ago"anytime" means "at any time". Saying "at anytime" would be like saying "at at any time"
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- geraldwhen 3y agoYes. Anytime cannot be used with “at” https://www.grammarly.com/blog/anytime-any-time/ https://www.grammarly.com/blog/anytime-any-time/ I also suspect that most would always write “any time”
- dwb 3y agoI am a native speaker (of south-west English English, no less) and it does look a bit odd to me too – but apparently both are normal. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/anytime https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/anytime
- foldr 3y agoNo, the dictionary lists ‘anytime’ as an adverb. Here it is used as a misspelling of ‘any’ followed by the noun ‘time’. There’s also a difference in emphasis in the pronunciation (first syllable is stressed for the adverb). What the dictionary is saying is that 'any time' and 'anytime' are both acceptable spellings of the adverb. But 'anytime' is never an acceptable spelling of the noun phrase 'any time'.
- dwb 3y agoAh, I see, thanks.
- chrisstu 3y agoGood point and yet another indication that the sign was created by a numbskull.
- rogual 3y agoIt should, and the whole thing is a run-on sentence anyway. Par for the course from the British school system.