Is "less nice" correct

[cnjackie88]

Is "less nice" correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

As always, please give us a complete sentence to consider.

 

[cnjackie88]

As always, please give us a complete sentence to consider.

People are less nice than they think.

 

[emsr2d2]

People are less nice than they think.

It's OK. It would be more natural to say "People aren't as nice as they think [they are]".

Please note that I edited your last post to move your response to after the quote box.

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

People are often not as nice as they think they are. Indeed, we often have a higher opinion of ourselves than others do of us.