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Rule "confusion of yet alone → let alone"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	confusion of yet alone → let alone
Message:	Did you mean <suggestion>let alone</suggestion>?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I've never even heard of, yet alone tried. Correction suggestion: let alone you wouldn't be able to lift it yet alone swing it so i cant complain Correction suggestion: let alone but I have no idea what I want to eat right now, yet alone next week. Correction suggestion: let alone I've never even heard of, yet alone tried. Correction suggestion: let alone Why have a sword created that no one can use.... yet alone get past the barriers that protect it, to properly wield it? Correction suggestion: let alone is difficult to define the boundaries of a hit, in one country, yet alone worldwide. Correction suggestion: let alone The feds even knowing that I exist, yet alone my firearm purchases. Correction suggestion: let alone the digital advertising ecosystem is still debating standards for online (yet alone mobile) Correction suggestion: let alone is to underline the crisis in today's church, yet alone tomorrow's Correction suggestion: let alone 99% of people have never heard of PIE, yet alone of the laryngeal theory Correction suggestion: let alone Yet alone for there to be 20 different winning teams in 35 years. Correction suggestion: Let alone
Correct sentences for comparison:	Yet alone in her hotel room the next day, 800 miles from her Colorado Springs home You realize you are not yet alone with your mother In fact, she smiled, she was not yet alone anymore.
ID:	CONFUSION_OF_YET_ALONE_LET_ALONE [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-26 22:33:08 +0100)