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> 彼女｛かのじょ｝が怒る｛おこる｝のも当然｛とうぜん｝だ。  
>  "It's natural that she should be angry." (sentence:248283, Core2000)

I asked a question about the preceding sentence's usage of も, and naruto
explained the も serves to soften the sentence. I found the grammar explanation
[here](http://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-
jlpt-n2-grammar-%E3%81%AE%E3%82%82%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%9C%E3%82%93%E3%81%A0-no-
mo-touzen-da/), but still didn't quite understand も in this context.

I'm wondering, does も replace another particle here? How the sentence could
make sense without も, if 怒るの stood alone without a particle. Would 彼女が怒るのに当然だ
or 彼女が怒るのは当然だ make sense?
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particle-も
～のも当然だ , use of も to soften
彼女が怒るのに当然だ doesn't make sense. 彼女が怒るのは当然だ is valid, and has almost the same
meaning as 彼女が怒るのも当然だ.

The slight difference I can think of is that 彼女が怒るのは当然だ is more natural when
it's paired with a reason why she's angry e.g.
彼女が怒るのは当然だよ、だって約束の時間に3時間も遅れてきたんだから.

On the other hand, 彼女が怒るのも当然だ sounds like both the speaker and listener know
the reason already, or the speaker doesn't really want to focus on the reason.
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