Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
let alone
Are 'let alone' and 'still less' interchangeable?
Top answer
g. "I haven't got a bicycle, still less / let alone a car"), they have near enough the same meaning. "let alone" feels more informal.
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When used in the idiomatic sense that I believe you intend (e.g. "I haven't got a bicycle, still less / let alone a car"), they have near enough the same meaning. "let alone" feels more informal. There are plenty of other cases where they are not interchangeable in meaning or not even grammatically substitutable.
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