what does の方 here mean?


会社員 **の方** の月給すべて競馬に賭けてみた!

I wonder, is の方 really necessary here? what meaning does it add?




This Aの方【ほう】 means "A's side" or "the one concerning A (among the two)". This
type of 方 is usually not strictly necessary, but it conveys the message that
there are two similar things, and that it is A ( _and not B_ ) that is being
referred to. In this case, even without seeing any further context, I can tell
that he has two ways of earning income, and it's the one he earns as an office
worker that he is talking about in this sentence.

  * 佐藤さんが来ました。  
Sato-san came.

  * 佐藤さんの方が来ました。  
(Not Tanaka-san but) Sato-san came.

But also note that ほう can sometimes be used quite meaninglessly. See: [〜ほうを as
in 準備のほうを](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/72923/5010)




This Aの方【ほう】 means "A's side" or "the one concerning A (among the two)". This
type of 方 is usually not strictly necessary, but it conveys the message that
there are two similar things, and that it is A ( _and not B_ ) that is being
referred to. In this case, even without seeing any further context, I can tell
that he has two ways of earning income, and it's the one he earns as an office
worker that he is talking about in this sentence.

  * 佐藤さんが来ました。  
Sato-san came.

  * 佐藤さんの方が来ました。  
(Not Tanaka-san but) Sato-san came.

But also note that ほう can sometimes be used quite meaninglessly. See: [〜ほうを as
in 準備のほうを](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/72923/5010)

