Hi, in the following sentence, what does "much less" mean?
But frankly, Patagonia is not a public company and cares much less about earning a profit on every item.
2007-12-14 08:39:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
That is just bad grammar...but the phrase is widely used.
It should be...."Patagonia is not a public company. Earning a profit on every item is not a main goal.
much less makes as much sense as less more.
Good Question.
2007-12-14 08:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by riverrat15666 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Much Less Meaning
2017-01-16 19:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patagonia doesn't care nearly as much (as publicly traded companies do) about earning a profit on every item (they sell).
There's a bit more ellipses (words left out) than I'd like.
There is absolutely nothing odd about the phrase "much less" in itself.
2007-12-14 09:00:55 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patagonia cares much less about profit than a public company
2007-12-14 08:42:13 · answer #4 · answered by Hurley 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It doesn't quite make sense - the sentence needs a "than..." at the end (cares much less ... than about...)
I can only assume it means that they don't care about making a big profit.
2007-12-14 08:55:07 · answer #5 · answered by Canadian Kim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, it means that the company named in your question doesn't care about every item. so much less means that it's not as important as "ALOT" bb, nobrethequeen
2007-12-14 08:44:42 · answer #6 · answered by nobrethequeen 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋