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verbs - Lets vs. lets: which is correct? - English Language . . . 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
Lets plan to meet at three oclock vs. Lets meet at three oclock The first statement - "lets plan to meet at three o'clock" - is hedged; the second - "lets meet at three o'clock - isn't What this means in real life is that the first statement is less definite and less assertive, and possibly leaves a way out if the speaker suspects he may not be able to make it
expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange We often learn the structure “Let’s do something”, but why it there an apostrophe-s after let and before the verb? Why does we need ’s in this structure? Does ’s means is or does it mean was?
phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I am writing a project paper, and I find myself using the phrase "let's" a lot I'm wondering if there are other phrases or words that I can use instead of "let's"? I've searched for an answer but
Lets not go there or lets dont go there The first is correcter "Let's not go there", while a bit arcane, is valid syntax "Let's don't go there" is not strictly proper syntax (though it has a bit of an AAVE sound to it) (It's not proper syntax because the triple verb "let us do not go" breaks the basic rules of sentence construction ) The origin, however, is likely from adding "let's" to the correct (in other contexts) "don't go
Lets get it over (with) — do I need the with? I'm curious about the syntax Is there a possibility that the object of a preposition ended up getting fronted, and so, the preposition got stranded? For instance, "Let's get over this" -> "Let's get this over", "Let's get over with this"" -> "Let's get this over with" -- Just thinkin' out loud without doing any research