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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Some people will come, but many more people will not.

Is "many" an adverb or a determiner in the above?r7
  

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It is an adverb modifying the adjective "more."
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AnonymousIs "many" an adverb or a determiner in the above?
If we follow assumption of the grammarian-linguist R. Huddleston, only more is the determiner, and many is a "degree expression" (You might say 'adverb') that modifies more.

I assume that in examples like some / five / many more mistakes
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