Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Mai più.

Non esco più con te. Mai più. (con enfasi in mai più).
I dont go out with you. Any more / No more / Never / Never again / Never 
more / Forever . Which is better, and why?

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The best is "Never say never again", with Sean Connery. lol
 
Bruno

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Disclaimer: I'm not an English native speaker.
 
I wouldn't use the present tense in your case, but it should be possible 
in other contexts. For instance:
   I don't go out with you anymore, don't you remember?
I would say
   I won't go out with you anymore! (British: also /any more/)
   I'll never go out with you again!
   I won't go out with you ever again!   <--- particularly emphatic!
Some combinations are substandard because you get a double negation. 
Others might be correct but sound odd...
 
A word or two about /anymore/ vs /any more/. While /anymore/ and /any 
more/ can both be adverbs, you should never use /anymore/ this way:
   Would you mind asking whether there's *anymore tea?
 
Kiuhnm

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I'll never go out with you again.
 
I'm not going out with you any more.
(Ma questo e' piu' "Ti lascio.")

Adam Atkinson pretended :
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Per noi "uscire con" riferito all'altro sesso ha un segnificato
che va ben oltre quello di uscire all'aperto da un luogo chiuso.
Sei sicuro (tu e anche gli altri) che anche in inglese valga la
stessa definizione?
Io direi di no, ma la mia è solo la sensazione di un parlante
inglese minimale.
 
Bruno

 che va ben oltre quello di uscire all'aperto da un luogo chiuso.
 
Anche qui.

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Ecco un esempio
Joe Jackson, 1979, Is she really going out with him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TzKSFbsh2Y
 
 
 

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I'm not going out with you any more. You were supposed to watch my six 
but you almost got me killed!
 
Kiuhnm

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In this case, you're not talking to a girlfriend, but a top gun pilot.
 

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The OP didn't give any context. You all assumed... :)
I think that expression is also used by foot soldiers and other types of 
military units. Maybe even police?
 
Kiuhnm

 The OP didn't give any context. You all assumed... :)
 
Io no, ovviamente. Ma...
 
When looking for a new girlfriend, some think it's useful to have a wing 
man.
 

    I don't go out with you anymore, don't you remember?
 
More common, if not the simple present:
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I'm not convinced they're equivalent. What about this?
   I don't go out with you anymore, don't you remember? But maybe we 
should give it another try.
 
Kiuhnm

 The OP didn't give any context. You all assumed... :)
 
In this case was a girl or a girlfriend, but
it is interesting to know how it is also said in other cases :)
 
 

 I dont go out with you.
 
I won't be dating you anymore?
 
 > Which one is better, and why?
 
Quoth the Raven: Nevermore.
 
 
 
 
 
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la cricca dei giacobini (C) M.G.
 
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I'm not convinced that a native speaker would tend to say "I don't go 
out with you anymore" Not that it's wrong. It's just that the use of 
"don't" with "you and I" is odd in this context.  You might say, 
however, "They don't go out anymore" when talking about a third party.
 
Your last example is OK, but one still would be much more likely to hear 
"we don't go out anymore."
 
 
 

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Ah, giusto. Ricordavo di aver sentito una simile espressione al 
presente, ma in effetti era col "we".
 
Kiuhnm

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In questa situazione, un madrelingua inglese, al meno quello americano, 
direbbe:
 
I won't go out with you again. Ever!
o
I don't want to go out with you anymore. Never again!
 
Nel secondo esempio, il "want" è necessario per non sembare un 
straniero. Il primo esempio è più forte.
 
Quale è il migliore? Dipende. Per la persona normale, la seconda frase, 
perché tratta del sentimento. Per il misogino, la prima frase, perché è 
più bruttale.