
The passive with "let" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jun 10, 2018 · 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 …
The phrase "let alone" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jun 14, 2011 · 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" …
verbs - "Let's" 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 …
apostrophe - Etymology of "let us" and "let's" - 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 …
phrase requests - Other words to replace "let's"? - English …
Dec 6, 2018 · 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 …
"To start" vs "to get started" - English Language & Usage Stack …
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idioms - Meaning of "let bygones be bygones" - English Language …
Sep 8, 2011 · '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 …
pronouns - Difference between "Let us go" and "Let we go"?
Oct 3, 2011 · "Let we go" or "let we us go" = Early Modern English (the subject is "we") Cf. Late Modern English's "let us go", in which the subject is "you" which is not written because it is …
phrases - What is the origin of the idiom "let something rip ...
Sep 20, 2011 · Reference-work coverage of 'let it [or her] rip' Here is the entry for "let her rip" in Christine Ammer, The Facts on File Dictionary of Clichés, second edition (2006): let her rip …
grammar - Function of verb “to let someone do something”
Jul 2, 2020 · The grammar is the same in both examples, as is the meaning. The only difference is that "allow" requires a to-infinitival complement, while "let" requires a bare infinitival …