![]() Q: No, I mean why can’t it be “at anytime”?Ī: Probably because “anytime” means “whenever” and that’s too vague for a preposition. So in your contract, they were indeed wrong to say “You can access the gym at anytime”.Ī: Because you don’t have your keycard yet. If you have a preposition, you’ll need to use the two-word version. Q: But you earlier said I could use “any time” instead and it wouldn’t be wrong.Ī: Indeed – “Come over any time tonight” and “Any time she’s in town, we go dancing” can also work.Ī: You can’t use anytime with a preposition like “ at ”. Q: So why then would anyone use “anytime”?Ī: Besides brevity, perhaps because “anytime” can only ever be used as an adverb.Ī: “Come over anytime tonight” or “Anytime she’s in town, we go dancing”. And even today, if in doubt – write it as two words and you won’t be wrong. ![]() Q: So are you saying that you can use them interchangeably?Ī: For the purists – which you clearly are – writing “any time” as two words is the historically correct version for everything. Q: Hey, that’s funny – they had that same thing written on the gym wall.Ī: Right, well we’re talking about the fact that “anytime” and “any time” are BOTH legit words. Shall we begin?Ī: We’ll let’s first address the elephant in the room. I just want to know if you have any time to discuss this “anytime” issue today?Ī: We sure do. They had written “anytime” as one word in the sentence “You can access the gym at anytime”… that’s wrong!Ī: This gym wouldn’t by any chance be called–– Q: So anyway, I was checking this one and refused to sign it. Q: It had turned out in the fine print that I could only access it on 24/7 – July 24. You see, I get nervous ever since I last tried joining a “24/7 gym”. Q: Well, I’d had the tour and was thoroughly reading the contract. Q: Hi AWC, I almost joined a gym today – one of those 24 hour ones where it’s socially acceptable to do squats in public at 3am. This week we like learning about “any time” anytime we like… It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. ![]()
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