- verbs - Lets vs. lets: which is correct? - English Language . . .
Let’s is the English cohortative word, meaning “let us” in an exhortation of the group including the speaker to do something 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
- infinitives - Passive of verb let : with or without to - English . . .
Page 64 of the fourth edition of Practical English Usage reads Verbs which can be followed, in active structures, by object + infinitive without to, use to-infinitives in passive structures Comp
- The phrase let alone - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It's actually the opposite of "or even " The excellent example below of "I wouldn't go near a stingray, let alone pet one" demonstrates this If you wanted to use "or even" with this sentence, you'd say "I wouldn't pet a stingray, or even go near one " In other words, the action described after "or even" is considered "less" than the action in the first clause of the sentence; the action
- Let alone phrase - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The let alone construction has been analyzed in great and precise detail in a famous paper by Fillmore, Kay, and O'Connor: " Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case of Let Alone ", Language, Vol 64, No 3 (1988:501-38) EDIT: By request The two clauses have to be on a certain scale of meaning; one of the clauses must describe a situation that is less on that scale
- meaning - Difference between Let, Lets and Lets? - English Language . . .
Many people use "let, let's and lets" in conversation What's the difference between them?
- phrase requests - Other words to replace lets? - English Language . . .
The relationship between z and w, on the other hand… Otherwise, know that a basic search will turn up let us in innumerable journal articles, official proclamations, formal invitations, political speeches, and all manner of other speech and writing that would be deemed "formal" so it's unclear what kind of answer you are looking for
- The passive with let - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 party is wanted by Bill, which is hardly an improvement So let doesn't normally passivize
- phrases - Lets get started! or lets get going? - English Language . . .
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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