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- verbs - Lets vs. lets: which is correct? - English Language . . .
Lets is the third person singular present tense form of the verb let meaning to permit or allow In the questioner’s examples, the sentence means to say “Product (allows permits you to) do something awesome”, so the form with lets is correct
- Difference between Let, Lets and Lets? [closed]
Many people use "let, let's and lets" in conversation What's the difference between them?
- apostrophe - Etymology of let us and lets - English Language . . .
The verb let means “allow”, “permit”, “not prevent or forbid”, “pass, go or come” and it's used with an object and the bare infinitive Are you going to let me drive or not? Don't let h
- phrases - Lets get started! or lets get going? - English Language . . .
I'd like to know if anyone feels a difference between "Let's get started!" and "Let's get going!" Both seem to mean about the same It is also interesting to notice that there seems to be an
- phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I am writing a project paper, and I find myself using the phrase "let's" a lot I'm wondering if there are other phrases or words that I can use instead of "let's"? I've searched for an answer but
- Is it Dont lets or Lets dont? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
1854 G E Rice Blondel ii ii 38 A shabby trick! Let's do n't 1900 W F Drannan Thirty-one Years on Plains in Mountains xxv 425 Let's don't talk about that, please don't ask any more questions about it 1939 D Parker Here Lies 33 Let's don't think about a lot of Chinese 1986 New Yorker 24 Mar 34 2 Let's don't go yet 2003 Technol Rev Mar 70 2 But let's don't beat up on the
- Lets plan to meet at three oclock vs. Lets meet at three oclock
The first statement - "lets plan to meet at three o'clock" - is hedged; the second - "lets meet at three o'clock - isn't What this means in real life is that the first statement is less definite and less assertive, and possibly leaves a way out if the speaker suspects he may not be able to make it
- Lets not go there or lets dont go there
The first is correcter "Let's not go there", while a bit arcane, is valid syntax "Let's don't go there" is not strictly proper syntax (though it has a bit of an AAVE sound to it) (It's not proper syntax because the triple verb "let us do not go" breaks the basic rules of sentence construction ) The origin, however, is likely from adding "let's" to the correct (in other contexts) "don't go
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