「noun」は、「noun」でも代用かのうです。 - What is the role of でも here？


For example if you have the sentence "ストッキングは、靴下でも代用かのうです。" Is でも a single
word or is it the で-particle followed by the も-particle? If the latter one is
the case, then も can be left off right?




Basically it's で ("with") followed by も ("even/also"), but the nuance added by
this type of も is not large. See: [Nuance between でいい and
でもいい](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/15091/5010)

靴下 **で** 代用可能です is "substitutable **with** socks", and 靴下 **でも** 代用可能です is a
little closer to "substitutable **also with** socks", but in a sentence like
this, も is unimportant and optional. It's okay to ignore も and just translate
it simply like "you can use socks instead".

