Talk:much less

still less

much/still/even less
Certainly not: I'm not blaming anyone, much less you
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--Backinstadiums (talk) 09:22, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

the less rigorous word first

This phrase requires the writer to put the less rigorous word first, the more rigorous last:

“Recent history amply illustrates the difficulties in surviving, much less adapting.” Shelley von Strunckel
“What the Stars Say About Them,” Sunday Times (London), 18 June 1995, Style §, at 36. 

Surviving is easier than surviving and adapting. --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:13, 23 July 2021 (UTC)