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  • idioms - What does no less than mean? - English Language Usage . . .
    @Matt Эллен: It's closed as "general reference", rather than "not a real question" Obviously I personally don't find the surface meaning of the expression opaque, but looking at examples in NGrams I'm intrigued that this version (as opposed to no more than) seems to have a far higher proportion of usages in religious contexts
  • Which is correct: not less than or no less than? [closed]
    No less than This is normally used to give emphasis There are no less than 5 different ways to do this It is by far the commonest form and the only one regularly used outside academic or technical literature (image generated by searching COCA and BNC for no less than): COCA: BNC: Not less than This is indeed far less common but can also be
  • the idiomatic use of no more than and no less than
    The guide contains details of no less than 115 hiking routes can be seen in the same way because of the similarity to the no less than construction, namely 115 is the highest in the scale of hiking route coverage If we are allowed to see the unit no less than in that way, "the amount is larger than you expected" meaning follows naturally
  • meaning - No less than idiom root - English Language Usage Stack . . .
    No here really just means ‘not’, so if X is no less than Y, that means it is not less than Y; in other words, it is as much as (or possibly even more than) Y “No less than 20 people came” means that the number of people who came was not less than 20 In practice, it actually something slightly different: that exactly 20 people came
  • meaning - No less than vs. None less than - English Language . . .
    There will be no less than sixty people at the gathering Few people in Britain drink Bovril these days, none less than me Editing later: The usage to which you further refer is highly idiomatic, and it is perhaps worth considering for a moment what it is saying It doesn't mean that nobody of any significance less than the President was there
  • meaning - No less than when referring to non-quantities - English . . .
    Balanced reporting requires impartiality no less than fairness The assumption is that fairness is presumed to be necessary to balanced reporting, but also impartiality no less than fairness At this juncture we need understanding no less than force, and wisdom no less than clear goals - Bangor Daily news, 2004
  • Use of no less than and no fewer than [duplicate]
    No less than and no fewer than can be used interchangeably in many cases To native English speakers, "fewer" should refer to a plural number "An hour" is singular, therefore "fewer than an hour" doesn't sound right to a native English speaker You could say "no fewer than 60 minutes" and nobody would be concerned
  • No less a person than someone (meaning) - English Language Usage . . .
    a person of no lower importance, rank, etc than (Collins Dictionary) Usage examples from Google Books: He was the hero of a remarkable episode, having succeeded no less a person than Vittorio Alfieri in the affections of no less a person than Louise de Stolberg, Countess of Albany, widow of no less a person than Charles Edward Stuart, the


















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