Less so
The vase slips out of the boy's hands and shatters on the floor. His dad seems amused. His mom less so. She yells at her son.
1) Is "less so" natural here?
2) Is it often used ironically not to mean (in this context) that she's less amused than the dad but that she's not amused at all, more the opposite?
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anonymous 1) Is "less so" natural here? " anonymous 2) Is it often used ironically not to mean (in this context) that she's less amused than the dad but that she's not amused at all, more the opposite? I think that's fair to say, although it defaults to literal.
- anonymous 1) Is "less so" natural here?
- " anonymous 2) Is it often used ironically not to mean (in this context) that she's less amused than the dad but that she's not amused at all, more the opposite?
- I think that's fair to say, although it defaults to literal.
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anonymous1) Is "less so" natural here?
Yes, but you need a comma for the omission of "seems": "His mom, less so."
anonymous2) Is it often used ironically not to mean (in this context) that she's less amused than the dad but that she's not amused at all, more the opposite?
I think that's fair to say, although it def
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