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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Focus more on it.

Focus more on it.

Here in the sentence, the speech part of more is an adverb or a pronoun? Or both are okay and then is there a meaning difference?

I think that considering more here as an adverb is better or correct.

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  

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It can be either, depending on context: Focus on it to a greater extent. or Focus a larger amount (of something mentioned in the context) on it. The former seems more common.

— GPY

  • It can be either, depending on context: Focus on it to a greater extent.
  • or Focus a larger amount (of something mentioned in the context) on it.
  • The former seems more common.
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It can be either, depending on context:

Focus on it to a greater extent.
or
Focus a larger amount (of something mentioned in the context) on it.

The former seems more common.
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Thank you so much as usual but is there a meaning difference between the former to a greater extent and the latter a larger amount?

For example,

Focus more time on it VS. Focus more on it [ I used more for a greater extent, here] .
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Hans51Thank you so much as usual but is there a meaning difference between the former to a greater extent and the latter a larger amount?
"to a greater extent" is adverbial, so in the first case "focus" is intransitive. When "focus" is intransitive, the implied meaning is usually "focus one's mind/attention/effort" or else is something to do with optics. "a la
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