# Stop using 'Let Alone' Incorrectly

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**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-using-let-alone-incorrectly/952478 "2021-10-14T12:38:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-using-let-alone-incorrectly/952478/41 "2023-01-05T12:59:33Z")

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Ok, this clearly doesn’t come up as often as I thought since I haven’t had a good example until now, but here it is a year and a half later:

> [@A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8345):
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> Jeez, where do you find two Corinthians to front a shell corporation for you these days, let alone one?

Maybe a minor public shaming when this happens can stop the cancer from spreading.

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