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Successor Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

To say little of

Hello,

I just wonder if you can use both the expressions 'to say nothing of', 'to say (only a) little of' in the example below. Thank you.

The expedition will be expensive, to say nothing of the danger.
  

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I think they are quite different. 1--The expedition will be expensive, to say nothing of the danger. 2- The expedition will be expensive, to say (only a) little of the various disadvantages .

— Mister Micawber

  • I think they are quite different.
  • 1--The expedition will be expensive, to say nothing of the danger.
  • 2- The expedition will be expensive, to say (only a) little of the various disadvantages .
  • , I think that the latter should include the former in #2, while in #1, the two items are exclusive.
  • You may well get other opinions, however.
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I think they are quite different.

1--The expedition will be expensive, to say nothing of the danger.
2- The expedition will be expensive, to say (only a) little of the various disadvantages.

I.e., I think that the latter should include the former in #2, while in #1, the two items are exclusive. You may well get other opinions, however.
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successorI just wonder if you can use both the expressions 'to say nothing of', 'to say (only a) little of' in the example below. Thank you.

The expedition will be expensive, to say nothing of the danger.
To me, to say nothing of is a fixed idiom. You can't change a word of it without altering the meaning consi
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