I changed my mind

[emsr2d2]

If we are upset with someone and thus don't say [STRIKE]anymore[/STRIKE] any more, can we use your sentence?

See above. I actually preferred the original "don't say anything else".

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Anymore' is a word according to http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/anymore?q=anymore

 

[emsr2d2]

I know "anymore" is a word but it's not the right choice here.

 

[GoesStation]

'Anymore' is a word according to http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/anymore?q=anymore

As the linked page says, anymore is an adverb. In the corrected sentence, any is (I think) an adverb modifying the adverb more.

 

[Matthew Wai]

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/any_more
It seems that 'any more' is equivalent to 'anymore'.
I am confused.

I just found one more explanation below.
'Especially in American English, any more, as an adverb, can be written as one word, anymore'—quoted from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/any-more-or-anymore

 

[tzfujimino]

In the corrected sentence, any is (I think) an adverb modifying the adverb more.

Well, I think the "more" in that sentence is the object of the verb "say" and therefore it's a pronoun. The "any" is a determiner.

"I don't say any more" is similar in construction to "Do you want some more?" ｰ Subject + Verb + Object.

 

[tzfujimino]

I forgot to say that I'm not a grammarian.

(So, please forgive me if I'm wrong.)

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Any more' itself is an adverb according to the second link in post #25 above.
Scroll down to 'Any more as an adverb' there.

I am not a teacher/native speaker/grammarian, so please forgive me if I am wrong.

 

[GoesStation]

I forgot to say that I'm not a grammarian.

But you have at least as good credentials as the many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century grammarians who foisted so many poorly-conceived and just plain wrong rules on generations of English learners. I value your opinion, anyway.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Say' is transitive there, so 'any more' can't be an adverb.
I think that's why 'anymore' as an adverb is not suitable.

 

[tzfujimino]

'Any more' itself is an adverb according to the second link in post #25 above.
Scroll down to 'Any more as an adverb' there.

I am not a teacher/native speaker/grammarian, so please forgive me if I am wrong.

OK, I'll try to explain it to you.

First, as for your second link, I agree with what Cambridge dictionary says there - the "any more"s in those example sentences are all adverbial. I have no objection to it.

In your first link, there's an example sentence:
She refused to listen any more. (adverb)

Now, please look at this dictionary. It says:
I'm not going to listen to any more of your lies. (pronoun)

So, the phrase "any more" is not necessarily adverbial.

I hope you'll understand what I mean.

 

[emsr2d2]

In the sentence in question, I took the end of "I was upset and decided not to say any more" to mean "any more words".
In a sentence like "I'm not talking to you anymore", it means "any longer".