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  1. verbs - "Let's" 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 …

  2. The phrase "let alone" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 14, 2011 · 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 …

  3. meaning - Difference between Let, Let's and Lets? - English Language ...

    Many people use "let, let's and lets" in conversation What's the difference between them?

  4. "Let alone" phrase - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 13, 2016 · 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: …

  5. The passive with "let" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 10, 2018 · 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 …

  6. "Please let me know." - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 6, 2011 · Why would you have a problem with this? Please let me know as soon as you figure it out.

  7. Not to Mention ≈ [Let Alone ≈ Much Less ≈ Still Less]

    Aug 29, 2013 · I find the distinction that MacMillan makes between not to mention and the supposedly synonymous let alone and still/much/even less useful: The phrases let alone and still/much/even less …

  8. phrase requests - Other words to replace "let's"? - English Language ...

    Dec 6, 2018 · 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, …

  9. pronouns - Difference between "Let us go" and "Let we go"? - English ...

    Oct 3, 2011 · "Let us go/Let us pray" is a special verb construction of the type Let, imperative+us,accusative+bare infinitive. The speaker makes a suggestion and includes himself.

  10. Which is grammatically correct: "Let he who..." or "Let him who..."

    Sep 16, 2011 · Let he who believes in this prophet speak now what he knows. Let him who believes in this prophet speak now what he knows.