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4444mv Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

and let alone

Someone has broken a window and when the teacher comes and shows his anger, one of two boys says:  You are not thinking of him and let alone of me!

Is this correct?
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4444mv Is this correct? Not quite. The grammar of that set phrase is unusual: You are not thinking of him, let alone of me!

— Mister Micawber

  • 4444mv Is this correct?
  • Not quite.
  • The grammar of that set phrase is unusual: You are not thinking of him, let alone of me!
  • However, your example sentence does not make clear to me what you think the phrase means.
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4444mvIs this correct?
Not quite. The grammar of that set phrase is unusual:

You are not thinking of him, let alone of me!

However, your example sentence does not make clear to me what you think the phrase means.
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