Less of

Posted by Sphinx on August 23, 2003

'He is less of a fool than I thought he was.'
and 'It might be less of a problem ethically'

How to explain 'less of'?

I've never seen this kind of grammatical rule.

• Foolish answer Henry 23/August/03
  • Foolish answer Lotg 24/August/03
    • Foolish answer R. Berg 24/August/03
      • A piece of cake Henry 24/August/03
• Less of GPP 23/August/03
  • Less of sphinx 23/August/03