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"During the interview, the professor also expressed some fears that the human disposition towards aggression was becoming more of an existential threat with each technological advancement." (Stephen Hawking.)
What is modified by adverb "more" in the above? Is it VP "was becoming" or PP "of an existential threat"?
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It definitely doesn't modify "was becoming". "more of a ~" is a set pattern, but I'm not sure that "more" is an adverb if you try to extract its individual meaning from that pattern. It might be a pronoun.
- It definitely doesn't modify "was becoming".
- "more of a ~" is a set pattern, but I'm not sure that "more" is an adverb if you try to extract its individual meaning from that pattern.
- It might be a pronoun.
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It definitely doesn't modify "was becoming". "more of a ~" is a set pattern, but I'm not sure that "more" is an adverb if you try to extract its individual meaning from that pattern. It might be a pronoun.
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