India News: India has accused Pakistan of endangering civilian lives by using passenger planes as shields during a failed drone and missile attack on May 7. India
Not for nothing but during this entire debacle I think we all need to pay very close attention to sources. This one should make you cautious during any normal time much less right now.
Seems to be a very counterintuitive way to use it. To me it sounds very wrong even if it is technically correct.
You are basically saying the opposite of what you mean.
From your link:
Tony can’t boil an egg, much less cook dinner.
This is the way I’d expect it to be used. Where it actually means less and not more.
Even the reasoning in the article makes no sense. Does America have to close its airspace anytime it launches an attack on a foreign country from an American base too?
Not for nothing but during this entire debacle I think we all need to pay very close attention to sources. This one should make you cautious during any normal time much less right now.
I think you mean “even more”.
But I agree.
much less idiom : and certainly not
Seems to be a very counterintuitive way to use it. To me it sounds very wrong even if it is technically correct.
You are basically saying the opposite of what you mean.
From your link:
This is the way I’d expect it to be used. Where it actually means less and not more.
The usages seem the same to me 🤷. I do agree it’s not super intuitive, but I didn’t invent the language!
Even the reasoning in the article makes no sense. Does America have to close its airspace anytime it launches an attack on a foreign country from an American base too?