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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
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
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 alon
Origin of the beatings will continue until morale improves What is the origin of the phrase the beatings will continue until morale improves? There is a Metafilter and a Quora out on it, but they are inconclusive, and the phrase does not appear in the
When do I use a question mark with Could you [please] A sentence like Could you please pass me the pepper shaker is not really a question Should I use a question mark or a period to end this sentence? What about: Could you let me know when the m
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
Is let in Let us. . . . a verb? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Let us stay, and 'Please' let us stay won't mean the same and will change what type of verb 'let' is One means a suggestion that let us stay, and the other seems to seek a permission which 'actually' needs to be given