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Does "let alone" here mean "but not"?

 
 
Reply Wed 9 Apr, 2014 08:07 pm

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Dr Fiona Godlee, editor of the British Medical Journal, which is publishing papers authored by Cochrane on Tamiflu and Relenza, said the decision to stockpile the drugs was politically understandable at the time, but added: "When one thinks of what half a billion pounds could have been spent on in the NHS, let alone around the world, one has to be pretty scathing about that decision."

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/10/uk-wasted-560m-stockpiling-flu-drugs
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Reply Wed 9 Apr, 2014 08:36 pm
@oristarA,
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When one thinks of what half a billion pounds could have been spent on in the NHS, let alone around the world, one has to be pretty scathing about that decision."


When one thinks of what half a billion pounds could have been spent on in the NHS, (let alone) NOT TO MENTION around the world, one has to be pretty scathing about that decision."

When one thinks of what half a billion pounds could have been spent on in the NHS, OR EVEN around the world, one has to be pretty scathing about that decision."
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2014 06:25 am
@JTT,
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Quote:
When one thinks of what half a billion pounds could have been spent on in the NHS, let alone around the world, one has to be pretty scathing about that decision."


When one thinks of what half a billion pounds could have been spent on in the NHS, (let alone) NOT TO MENTION around the world, one has to be pretty scathing about that decision."

When one thinks of what half a billion pounds could have been spent on in the NHS, OR EVEN around the world, one has to be pretty scathing about that decision."


When one thinks of what half a billion pounds could have been spent on in the NHS, OR EVEN could have been spent on around the world, one has to be pretty scathing about that decision."?
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