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- verbs - Lets vs. lets: which is correct? - English Language . . .
Here's an easy way to figure out which to use: replace the word lets with the words let us If the sentence still makes sense, then use the contractual form Let's try a few examples: Lets let's see how it can be done (should be Let's) Flubber let's lets you jump high (should be lets) Let's lets go to the movie after dinner (should be Let's)
- The passive with let - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Note that let does not allow a simple noun phrase as direct object: i e, *Bill let it is ungrammatical (except for the sense of let that means 'rent') Let normally occurs with a clause of some sort as complement, and passive is unlikely with a clausal object: Bill wants me to come to the party would be passivized to * For me to come to the
- apostrophe - Etymology of let us and lets - English Language . . .
@Josh61 - Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question…
- The phrase let alone - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The sentence "I wouldn't go near a stingray, let alone pet one" implies that the speaker would stop far short of even being in a situation to do what follows the "let alone" clause They wouldn't go near a stingray, therefore it is out of the question that they would pet one
- meaning - Difference between Let, Lets and Lets? - English Language . . .
However, it can also be used in the indicative: 'I let him go ' 'They let us eat cake ' 'We let him go without supper ' Let's is a contraction of let us It is technically an imperative construction, but usually indicates a suggestion rather than an order: 'Let us go to the ball ' 'Let's go shopping ' 'Let's talk about flowers '
- phrase requests - Other words to replace lets? - English Language . . .
Thus you don't need to always change each Let's Let us with a "replacement" however we will presume you do, so we could replace let us with •We want to see x and y We shall start with x •Now, we can see the relationship between z and w Using we on occasion instead of us will avoid the sense of repetition
- idioms - Meaning of let bygones be bygones - English Language Usage . . .
'Let bygones be bygones' uses both meanings of the word 'bygones' and means, in extended form, 'let the unpleasantness between us become a thing of the past' So I think, the meaning of the phrase is closer to your first meaning versus the second
- phrases - Lets get started! or lets get going? - English Language . . .
Let me allow to express the subtle difference you are careful about, figuratively In "Let's get started", the starting point is in view and "Let's get going", you are on the starting point already Moreover, there is a sense of extra involvement abundantly made clear by the sentence, " Let's start going"
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