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As I think you're alluding, "much less" is idiomatic English, and is used correctly in the article. Basically, it means "certainly not." "Let alone" is also id
by carbocation 16y ago
As I think you're alluding, "much less" is idiomatic English, and is used correctly in the article. Basically, it means "certainly not."
"Let alone" is also idiomatic English so might not clarify things if the parent was unfamiliar with "much less."
- jeromec 16y agoIt didn't occur to me that the source of the OP's confusion might be that he/she is a non-native English speaker. The "much less" idiom simply seemed a poor choice to use in a sentence focusing on quantities.