# Stop using 'Let Alone' Incorrectly

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-using-let-alone-incorrectly/952478/43 "2023-01-05T22:35:33Z")

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Yeah, geez, let it alone, woudja?

(iswydt)

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> [@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?

But I’ll admit that did raise a few eyebrows. But I’m sure it was just a mistake, and they meant to type "where do you find one Corinthian, … let alone two?

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