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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. grammar - Should I use "shall", or "let's"? - English Language

    Jul 28, 2016 · 1 Today when it was about time to go home, my English teacher asked me to lead my friends to pray in English. I led them by saying "Let's pray together!" However, my teacher …

  4. 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 …

  5. meaning - Difference between Let, Let's and Lets? - English …

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

  6. word order - Is it "Don't let's" or "Let's don't"? - English Language ...

    Jan 12, 2016 · Don't let's forget the 1943 Noel Coward song "Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans". If we un-contract, it becomes "Do not let us be beastly to the Germans" which is …

  7. phrase requests - Other words to replace "let's"? - English …

    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 …

  8. grammar - "Let's not go there" or "'let's don't go there" - English ...

    Nov 27, 2019 · The author has taken the (correct) 'don't go there', which is a correctly formed second person imperative, and turned it into a verb, and the Let's is turned into an injunction …

  9. Lease versus Let - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 2, 2016 · 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 …

  10. grammar - walk-through, walkthrough, or walk through? - English ...

    Jan 23, 2018 · For what it’s worth, walkthrough is common in my programming and gaming circles. Walk-through seems to be preferred elsewhere—there’s a general trend for …