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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
...let alone searching for their meanings!
Which of the following sentences is correct?
1: However, version two is painstakingly slow and it takes relatively a long time for letters you are typing to appear on the screen, let alone searching for their meanings!
2: However, version two is painstakingly slow and it takes relatively a long time for letters you are typing to appear on the screen let alone searching for their meanings!
1: However, version two is painstakingly slow and it takes relatively a long time for letters you are typing to appear on the screen, let alone searching for their meanings!
2: However, version two is painstakingly slow and it takes relatively a long time for letters you are typing to appear on the screen let alone searching for their meanings!
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Neither seems very felicitious to me, Jackson. I wouldn't use 'let alone' in a sentence where the parallelism is so vague. However, Version 2 is painstakingly slow; you must wait a relatively long time for typed words to appear, not to mention the time required to search for their meanings!
- Neither seems very felicitious to me, Jackson.
- I wouldn't use 'let alone' in a sentence where the parallelism is so vague.
- However, Version 2 is painstakingly slow; you must wait a relatively long time for typed words to appear, not to mention the time required to search for their meanings!
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Neither seems very felicitious to me, Jackson. I wouldn't use 'let alone' in a sentence where the parallelism is so vague.
However, Version 2 is painstakingly slow; you must wait a relatively long time for typed words to appear, not to mention the time required to search for their meanings!
However, Version 2 is painstakingly slow; you must wait a relatively long time for typed words to appear, not to mention the time required to search for their meanings!
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