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 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 ...

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" clause. They wouldn't go near a stingray, therefore it is out of the question that they would pet one.

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)

@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…

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 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

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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 meaning of the phrase is closer to your first meaning versus the second.

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 already understood. "Let's go" = Late Modern English (the subject is "we") Cf. other West Germanic languages: Laat we (ons) gaan (Dutch); Lassen wir uns gehen (German)

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 Allow an engine to go as fast as possible. An American colloquialism dating from the first half of the nineteenth century, this term presumably was first applied to ...

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 complement. "Allow" and "let" are catenative verbs and the subordinate clauses "to play" / "play" are not objects but catenative complements.