More rural areas
"The South, the West and Midwest have the highest numbers of workers quitting their jobs, at 3.3, 3.1 and 3.0 percent, while only 2.2 percent of workers in the Northeast are quitting jobs. This is consistent with trends seen in August, which showed that workers in more rural areas quit at a higher rate in part because they had more leverage to demand better pay."
[The Washington Post.]
I see "more" as a determiner in the NP "more leverage" and as a modifier in the NP "more rural areas".
Am I correct?
Top answer
A determiner is a noun modifier. Possessives are determiners: John's coat. The articles (the, a, an) are determiners.
- A determiner is a noun modifier.
- Possessives are determiners: John's coat.
- The articles (the, a, an) are determiners.
- In: "workers in more rural areas quit at a higher rate ", more is an adverb, used to make the comparative.
- " "more" is a quantifier.
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A determiner is a noun modifier.
Possessives are determiners: John's coat.
The articles (the, a, an) are determiners.
In: "workers in more rural areas quit at a higher rate ", more is an adverb, used to make the comparative.
In:
"More rural areas are marked on the map than urban areas." and
"they had more leverage to demand better pay."
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0anonymousI see "more" as a determiner in the NP "more leverage"
So do I. (Note that some grammarians define determiners as a special kind of modifier, so in that theoretical framework "more" is also a modifier here. Still, I think the better description is just "determiner", specifically the kind of determiner that's called a "quantifier".)
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