If possible always pay the balance in full every month or pay more than the minimum amount.
What part of speech is ‘more’and which word it is modifying?
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Sign up to join this communityThe traditional label is substantive adjective. One way to analyze the sentence is to assume that its modificand has been elided:
If possible, always pay the balance in full every month or pay more [money] than the minimum amount.
If possible always pay the balance in full every month or pay more than the minimum amount.
"More" belongs to the category (part of speech) 'determinative': it's the comparative counterpart of the plain "much".
Its function in the clause is that of 'fused determiner-head', where we understand it to mean "more money".
The simple meaning of the sentence translates to:
Always try to pay the balance with the correct amount, or an amount higher than the minimal amount, as specified by the speaker (not mentioned here).