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00No, you should not use 'to'.0-

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01cite10Yankee12cite10Hi ahava_yin12br
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10No, you should not use 'to'.12br
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10 01b01font00I agree that 'to' is incorrect, and I wouldn't ever use it. Can you tell me why? [I'm always one to stress parallel structure, and I see a possibi

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01cite10Ahava_yin12cite10Hi12br
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10"In some remote areas, students can't afford to finish their primary school, let alone pursue a college education."12br
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10In this sentence, will it be acceptable if I insert "to" after "let alone"?12br
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0 Hi Philip02br
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00I also thought about the idea of parallel structure, but rejected it in this case because 1) like you, I simply would never add the word 'to' here 05000 and 2) "let alone to pursue" sounds like the word 'to' means "in order to".010id4

0Thank you for your notes. Parallel structure is tricky for me. I was taught that sentences with "than" hold variable forms, because the part before "than" the part after it should be at the comparable level.02br
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00Then I wonder, what would be the possible forms appearing here after "let alone".02br
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00I can't afford a bike, let alone a car. 02

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01cite10Ahava_yin12cite10Thank you for your notes. Parallel structure is tricky for me. I was taught that sentences with "than" hold variable forms, because the part before "than" the part after it should be at the comparable level.12br
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10Then I wonder, 10what would be the possible forms10 appearing here