| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| anyplace, everyplace, noplace, someplace (advs.) |
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| Most of these relatively young compounds are Americanisms. They are usually labeled Informal or Colloquial and should be limited to the Conversational levels and the writing that imitates them, although they do occasionally occur in Edited English, as in They said to put our coats anyplace we like. Some commentators have insisted that because place is a noun, adjectives such as any ought to modify it only in two-word phrases, e.g., Any place we can park will serve and Sit in any place you choose. But the compound has now clearly become an adverb. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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