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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…
- 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
- The phrase let alone - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I notice that "let alone" is used in sentences that have a comma The structure of the sentence is what comes before the comma is some kind of negative statement Right after the comma is "let alone," followed by the rest of the sentence What does "let alone" mean here? Does it mean the same thing as "or even?"
- Lease versus Let - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This particular situation was regarding the words lease and let In my experience, outside of the real estate business, lease is always used with respect to the lessee, as in, the lessee was leasing an apartment from the lessor, while let is used by the lessor, as in, the lessor let an apartment to a lessee In other words, you lease from, and
- 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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