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Silak12 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Not least?

Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me whether this sentence is saying that lack of funding is not among our difficulties.
Not least among our difficulties is our lack of funding.
Thanks!
  

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silak12 Could you tell me whether this sentence is saying that lack of funding is not among our difficulties ? Yes, I could, and it's not saying that. It's saying that if we put our problems in order by severity, with the most difficult problems first, lack of funding will certainly not be at the bottom of the list.

— CalifJim

  • silak12 Could you tell me whether this sentence is saying that lack of funding is not among our difficulties ?
  • Yes, I could, and it's not saying that.
  • It's saying that if we put our problems in order by severity, with the most difficult problems first, lack of funding will certainly not be at the bottom of the list.
  • In other words, our lack of funding is a significant difficulty.
  • CJ
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silak12Could you tell me whether this sentence is saying that lack of funding is not among our difficulties?
Yes, I could, and it's not saying that. It's saying that if we put our problems in order by severity, with the most difficult problems first, lack of funding will certainly not be at the bottom of the list. In other
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silak12 Hi! everyone.Could you tell me whether this sentence is saying that lack of funding is not among our difficulties.Not least among our difficulties is our lack of funding.Thanks!
The opposite is true. It is one of your difficulties. Alternatively, I'd write it like this: Not least/especially/quite importantly/partly, among our difficulties is our lack o
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