Which are correct:
1) This collection does not include all the poems of his youth, let alone those of his maturity.
2) This collection does not even include all the poems of his youth, let alone those of his maturity.
3) This collection does not include all the poems of his youth, let alone any of those he wrote in his maturity.
4) This collection does not even include all the poems of his youth, let alone any of those he wrote in his maturity.
Do they all mean that none of the poems he wrote in his maturity is included?
Gratefully,
Navi
Yes. The expression let alone also implies that the ones he wrote in his maturity are the ones you would mainly expect to be included.
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Yes. The expression let alone also implies that the ones he wrote in his maturity are the ones you would mainly expect to be included.