<p>According to no lesser of an authority than Parkman, the most monentous event in the history of colonial North America was the explusion of the French.</p>
<p>the answer is that it should be "no less an authority than"
but I thought the original was correct?</p>
<p>no comparison is shown here.....therefor u can't use "lesser"....</p>
<p>omg..im doing the problem rite now too!! i thought the original was correct too</p>
<p>smarty, yeah! i've heard people use is that way before.
and there is a comparison between Parkman and authority..kinda?</p>
<p>"lesser" isn't a word is why it's wrong lol</p>
<p>you say less, because it already is a comparative adjective</p>
<p>Lesser is a word, like in "the lesser of two evils".</p>