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Chamcham Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

no less than,not less than

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00I don't know if there is any difference between "no less than" and "not less than" as shown in the following sentences.02br
00There were no less than one hundred people at the meeting.02br
00There were not less than one hundred people at the meeting.02br
00Thanks a lot.02br
00Chamcham0-
  

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0 There were no less than one hundred people at the meeting. ( this is correct ) no less than means " used to show your suprise at a large number." 0-
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01cite10Chamcham12cite10Dear teachers,12br
10I don't know if there is any difference between "no less than" and "not less than" as shown in the following sentences.12br
10There were no less than one hundred people at the meeting.12br
10There were not less than one hundred people at the meeting.12br
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[8]There were not less than one hundred people at the meeting.

The words "not less than" mean that there were a MINIMUM of
100 people at the meeting. There could have been more.

[8]There were no less than one hundred people at the meeting.

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I have just encountered this dilemma with the use of these two phrases. I am translating a technical document. The problem is, I have heard about it before, that "no less than" means "exactly" a quantity. So, in this technical document, I want to express the idea (or, I need to

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