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More is a indefinite pronoun in allone of your examples, but much and a lot are not adverbs here.

In:

I can't stand much more of this.

..."Much" is not an adverb. It is a determinative, and it in turn modifies the indefinite pronoundeterminative more. This means that much more is a noun phrase and it quantifies the pronoun this which is the object of the preposition in the comparative phrase more of.

In this sentence, again, more is an indefinite pronoun serving as the object of the verb earn:

I earn a lot more than my sister does.

Here, "a lot" is also not an adverb but a determinative phrase (DP) that modifies the indefinite pronoun more in the comparative phrase more than.

More is a indefinite pronoun in all of your examples, but much and a lot are not adverbs here.

In:

I can't stand much more of this.

..."Much" is not an adverb. It is a determinative, and it modifies the indefinite pronoun more. This means that much more is a noun phrase and it quantifies the pronoun this which is the object of the preposition in the comparative phrase more of.

In this sentence, again, more is an indefinite pronoun serving as the object of the verb earn:

I earn a lot more than my sister does.

Here, "a lot" is also not an adverb but a determinative phrase (DP) that modifies the pronoun more in the comparative phrase more than.

More is a indefinite pronoun in one of your examples, but much and a lot are not adverbs here.

In:

I can't stand much more of this.

..."Much" is not an adverb. It is a determinative, and it in turn modifies the determinative more. This means that much more is a noun phrase and it quantifies the pronoun this which is the object of the preposition in the comparative phrase more of.

In this sentence, more is an indefinite pronoun serving as the object of the verb earn:

I earn a lot more than my sister does.

Here, "a lot" is also not an adverb but a determinative phrase (DP) that modifies the indefinite pronoun more in the comparative phrase more than.

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More is not a pronounindefinite pronoun in all of your examples, andbut much and a lot are not adverbs here.

In:

I can't stand much more of this.

..."Much" is not an adverb. It is a determinative, and it modifies the determinative (not the indefinite pronoun) more. This means that much more is a determinativenoun phrase that in turn marksand it quantifies the pronoun this which is the object of the preposition in the comparative phrase more of.

In this sentence, thoughagain, more is indeed an indefinite pronoun serving as the object of the verb earn:

I earn a lot more than my sister does.

Here, "a lot" is also not an adverb but a determinative phrase (DP) that modifies the pronoun more in the comparative phrase more than.

More is not a pronoun in all of your examples, and much and a lot are not adverbs here.

In:

I can't stand much more of this.

..."Much" is not an adverb. It is a determinative, and it modifies the determinative (not the pronoun) more. This means that much more is a determinative phrase that in turn marks the pronoun this.

In this sentence, though, more is indeed an indefinite pronoun serving as the object of the verb earn:

I earn a lot more than my sister does.

Here, "a lot" is also a determinative phrase (DP) that modifies the pronoun more in the comparative phrase more than.

More is a indefinite pronoun in all of your examples, but much and a lot are not adverbs here.

In:

I can't stand much more of this.

..."Much" is not an adverb. It is a determinative, and it modifies the indefinite pronoun more. This means that much more is a noun phrase and it quantifies the pronoun this which is the object of the preposition in the comparative phrase more of.

In this sentence, again, more is an indefinite pronoun serving as the object of the verb earn:

I earn a lot more than my sister does.

Here, "a lot" is also not an adverb but a determinative phrase (DP) that modifies the pronoun more in the comparative phrase more than.

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More is not a pronoun in all of your examples, and much and a lot are not adverbs here.

In:

I can't stand much more of this.

..."Much" is not an adverb. It is a determinative, and it modifies the determinative (not the pronoun) more. This means that much more is a determinative phrase that in turn marks the pronoun this.

In this sentence, though, more is indeed an indefinite pronoun serving as the object of the verb earn:

I earn a lot more than my sister does.

Here, "a lot" is also a determinative phrase (DP) that modifies the pronoun more in the comparative phrase more than.