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Some cultures use "less" as a direct alternative to "minus," making it (in effect) a synonym of "except" or "without:" Five less two is three. It is not a wild stretch to imagine that these constr...
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Michael
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2024-07-11T13:33:44Z (5 months ago)
Some cultures use "less" as a direct alternative to "minus," making it (in effect) a synonym of "except" or "without:" _Five less two is three._ It is not a wild stretch to imagine that these constructs are then equivalent to "X unless Y": - X except Y - X without Y - X minus Y - X less Y Like Shiva's and Jirka's answers, this is speculative not evidentiary.