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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
A seemingly unwanted word
0 "As my own studies have advanced, I have been increasingly impressed with the functional similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and 01 i 00 less so 02 i 00 with the structural differences that seem, at first glance, to constitute such an immense gulf between them." 02 br
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00 I see “impressed” is omitted after 01 i 00 less 02 i 00 , but I don’t get why there is a “so” tailing after it? :-s 0-
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00 I see “impressed” is omitted after 01 i 00 less 02 i 00 , but I don’t get why there is a “so” tailing after it? :-s 0-
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0 hehe "So" is referring to "impressed"? 0-
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0 "so" in your sentence means "as such"= "in the exact sense of the word" 02 br
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00 "As my own studies have advanced, I have been increasingly impressed with the functional similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and less(impressed) AS SUCH with the structural differences that seem, at first glance, to constitute such an immense gulf between them." 0-
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00 "As my own studies have advanced, I have been increasingly impressed with the functional similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and less(impressed) AS SUCH with the structural differences that seem, at first glance, to constitute such an immense gulf between them." 0-
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0 That's an interesting one. 02 br
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00 It seems to me that the writer has used 'less so' incorrectly here. 02 br
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00 To my mind, it replaces the whole phrase 'increasingly impressed', and so literally means 'less increasingly impressed', rather than 'less impressed'. 02 br
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00 (Cf. 'less increasingly fast' vs 'less fast'.) 02 b
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00 It seems to me that the writer has used 'less so' incorrectly here. 02 br
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00 To my mind, it replaces the whole phrase 'increasingly impressed', and so literally means 'less increasingly impressed', rather than 'less impressed'. 02 br
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00 (Cf. 'less increasingly fast' vs 'less fast'.) 02 b
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0 I'm somewhat inclined to agree, but how about this? 02 br
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00 "less" replaces "increasingly". 02 br
00 "so" replaces "impressed". 02 br
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00 Universal peace and understanding restored? 02 br
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00 Karen was mildly drunk earlier this evening; now she is flagrantly so. 02 br
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00 Does this say to you,
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00 "less" replaces "increasingly". 02 br
00 "so" replaces "impressed". 02 br
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00 Universal peace and understanding restored? 02 br
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00 Karen was mildly drunk earlier this evening; now she is flagrantly so. 02 br
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00 Does this say to you,
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0 No, I think I'm happy with Karen. But – 02 br
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00 {reach me that pinhead} 02 br
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00 – I'm troubled by 'less' vs 'increasingly'. 02 br
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00 'Increasingly impressed' already implies a range of values, and so also 'lessness' (cf. 'very impressed', which is stable); thus 'less' in opposition seems odd to me. 02 br
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00 {reach me that pinhead} 02 br
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00 – I'm troubled by 'less' vs 'increasingly'. 02 br
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00 'Increasingly impressed' already implies a range of values, and so also 'lessness' (cf. 'very impressed', which is stable); thus 'less' in opposition seems odd to me. 02 br
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00 Get a friendly angel to give you a good push. (There'll be a lot of them there.) 02 br
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00 {how do I get off this thing?} 12 blockquote12 br
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00 Get a friendly angel to give you a good push. (There'll be a lot of them there.) 02 br
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