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  1. infinitives - Passive of verb "let" : with or without "to" - English ...

    Mar 17, 2023 · 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 …

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

    Jun 14, 2011 · 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 …

  4. 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 …

  5. "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 …

  6. What kind of grammar explains the common string "Let us"?

    Jan 7, 2021 · Let's is the short form of "Let us" and used when a person wants to ask for something to somebody, especially when the listener is recommend to do something together …

  7. phrases - Let's get started! or let's get going? - English Language ...

    Feb 23, 2016 · 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 …

  8. apostrophe - Etymology of "let us" and "let's" - English Language ...

    Let's go out Let's have a party Let's see what happens Let's stand together in this emergency Let's not forget those who sacrificed their lives Questions I believe that let + us is the only …

  9. "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.

  10. 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 …