Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTFW you think you got away with it for 137 years but then the cops come knockinsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up14file-text
arrow-up14imageTFW you think you got away with it for 137 years but then the cops come knockinsh.itjust.worksSentient Loom@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlemboTheThird@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoJust to be pedantic, the “let alone” turn of phrase is meant to imply that the second thing has a higher standard. So in this case it should be corrected to “this wouldn’t hold up in a Victorian age court, let alone a modern one.”
Just to be pedantic, the “let alone” turn of phrase is meant to imply that the second thing has a higher standard. So in this case it should be corrected to “this wouldn’t hold up in a Victorian age court, let alone a modern one.”