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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Let alone usage

Is following sentence correct?

His daughter-in-law feels sickened seeing him eat, let alone his own son.
  

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Do you mean that the father and the son both sicken her? Or do you mean that she and the son both feel sickened by the father?

  • Do you mean that the father and the son both sicken her?
  • Or do you mean that she and the son both feel sickened by the father?
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Do you mean that the father and the son both sicken her?
Or do you mean that she and the son both feel sickened by the father?
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I meant the second question. Thanks.
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Beter is this.

His daughter-in-law, let alone his son, feels sickened (at) seeing him eat.

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