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He phrased it "Can't do X, let alone Y or Z" where Y > X > Z. Reading a book (Y) takes longer than watching a 90 minute movie (X) which takes longer than stayin
by akiselev 4y ago
He phrased it "Can't do X, let alone Y or Z" where Y > X > Z. Reading a book (Y) takes longer than watching a 90 minute movie (X) which takes longer than staying "focused on one thing for more than a few minutes" (Z).
It should be Y > X and Z > X
- usui 4y agoThank you very much for this! I was reading the original comment and I was actually confused on the correct syntactical order of this phrase. For years I struggled in the back of my mind for how to parse this phrase, now I get it.