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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Sentence analysis

It's more a question of whom she said it to than why she said it.

What's the form and function of the underlined part?
  

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Than is required by the comparative more and introduces the second part of the comparison. CB

  • Than is required by the comparative more and introduces the second part of the comparison.
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Than is required by the comparative more and introduces the second part of the comparison.

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Is it a conjunction or a preposition? Why?
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Persian LearnerIs it a conjunction or a preposition?
I don't have the vaguest idea. A dictionary seems to think it's a conjunction, but I couldn't care less.

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It's more a question of whom she said it to than why she said it.

It - a subject [a dummy one] (function), a pronoun (form);
is - a predicator (function); a verb (form;)
more a question of whom she said it to than why she said it - a complement (function), a noun phrase (form) in which:
more a question of whom she said it to - a head of the noun phrase, a noun phrase (f

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