tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post5281234043589848840..comments2023-11-03T03:07:25.408-07:00Comments on The Lyon's Tale: WNW: A Twitchy Mistake: "Let Alone"Annette Lyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-61947661700016430902012-11-26T11:16:25.192-07:002012-11-26T11:16:25.192-07:00I don't know if I have ever noticed this befor...I don't know if I have ever noticed this before. Of course, now that I've read this, I will see it everywhere.Lara Neveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351324888724799014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-75169727716805193452012-11-24T16:33:45.690-07:002012-11-24T16:33:45.690-07:00I have never heard this mistake before. Maybe it&#...I have never heard this mistake before. Maybe it's an Americanism like 'I could care less'.<br /><br />In England we have another version of 'let alone' with let being an old or regional way of saying leave as in 'let it alone'.Hazel_Myopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037557900927612544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-91178422674619032342012-11-21T10:53:34.850-07:002012-11-21T10:53:34.850-07:00(I posted my Christmas story poem early this year....(I posted my Christmas story poem early this year...If you have a minute, come over and check it out. You might want to leave your volume up, too; the music really adds.)<br /><br />=)Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049586085703324088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-36215713326737366322012-11-21T10:52:00.365-07:002012-11-21T10:52:00.365-07:00That is an error I've heard occasionally, too....That is an error I've heard occasionally, too. It always makes me smile to myself.<br /><br />;)Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049586085703324088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-55110202204950411482012-11-21T10:20:47.221-07:002012-11-21T10:20:47.221-07:00I have no problem with the order of the two compar...I have no problem with the order of the two comparisons. Where I mess up is a tendency to say leave alone instead of let alone. I know which is correct, but I tend to say it the way I heard it at home when I was a kid.<br />Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623353613539928215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-56550460082374929032012-11-21T07:56:55.859-07:002012-11-21T07:56:55.859-07:00Something I said is beneficial! Yay!!!!!!Something I said is beneficial! Yay!!!!!!T.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09686063961881406987noreply@blogger.com