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No, "it" would be the noun.

The basic sentence structure is "It is a sofa." "More" here just works as a qualifier.

It is a pronoun, not a noun.

groovymutationNo, "it" would be the noun. The basic sentence structure is "It is a sofa." "More" here just works as a qualifier.

It is a pronoun, as Fivejedon noticed, and the It is a subject where more is part of the complement. My understanding is that the more is a noun, the 'possessor', which is follo

'More (of)' functions here as an adverb, in my opinion. The meaning is 'to a greater degree'.

groovymutationNo, "it" would be the noun. The basic sentence structure is "It is a sofa." "More" here just works as a qualifier.

You probably meant that "it" would be the subject.

I wonder whether there is any difference in the grammatical funtion of "more" between these two sentences:

It's more a sofa than a bed.
It's more of a sofa than a bed.

To me, the first one seems adverbial, but I feel less sure about the second.

fivejedjon'More (of)' functions here as an adverb, in my opinion. The meaning is 'to a greater degree'.

I agree that it may function as an adverb but the question is what part of speech it is, i.e. what word class it belongs to. In my opinion it is a noun.

It's more a sofa than a bed.
It's more of a sofa than a bed.

I think that 'more' in the first and 'more of' in the second perform the same function in the sentence. I am not sure exactly what the 'of' is doing - but I don't think it has anything to do with possession.

Anonymous In my opinion it is a noun.

What do you think makes it a noun?

fivejedjon Anonymous In my opinion it is a noun.What do you think makes it a noun?

In my opinion, a noun: more = a thing specified in the preposition phrase, or a pronoun: more = something specified in the preposition phrase.