Gurpreetsingh, I'm afraid that I have led you astray on the last part of my previous response. I have deleted the part that was incorrect. I apologize. Mainhoon's answer is the correct one.
mainhoon wrote:
When I read this sentence, here is what comes to my mind: Just because the performer's performance reminded the critic of Marx does not mean that the performer's performance was intentional, not to mention that it could even have been at the director's behest. This would suggest that according to the person commenting:
- it was unlikely that the performer performed intentionally to match Marx
- it is even more unlikely that the director instructed the performer to perform so
I'm not sure why I interpreted this differently. At any rate, this is the correct answer. Still, I hope that my earlier discussion on "let alone" helped.
gurpreetsingh wrote:
I got your point for the examples given by you that ' Let Alone' simply signifies that in equation A + idiomatic phrase + B, we can't even have A how can we have B.
(Correct me if I m wrong).
This is correct. And if you have any more questions, I'll make sure to answer them correctly next time.