Jun 10, 2018 · Note that let does not allow a simple noun phrase as direct object: i.e, *Bill let it is ungrammatical (except for the sense of let that means 'rent'). Let normally occurs with a clause …

Jun 14, 2011 · The sentence "I wouldn't go near a stingray, let alone pet one" implies that the speaker would stop far short of even being in a situation to do what follows the "let alone" …

Here's an easy way to figure out which to use: replace the word lets with the words let us. If the sentence still makes sense, then use the contractual form. Let's try a few examples: Lets/let's …

Dec 6, 2018 · Thus you don't need to always change each Let's/Let us with a "replacement" however we will presume you do, so we could replace let us with •We want to see x and y. We …

The earliest closely relevant match I've been able to find for this expression is from a cartoon by Lt. B.E. Lodge, U.S. Navy, submitted for the All-Navy Cartoon Contest and published in All …

Aug 26, 2015 · The verb is to fare:. When you send your daughter off to camp, you hope she’ll fare well. That’s why you bid her a fond farewell.

Jan 8, 2016 · Moses says, Fear ye not. It is always our duty and interest, when we cannot get out of troubles, yet to get above our fears; let them quicken our prayers and endeavours, but not …

Oct 3, 2011 · "Let we go" or "let we us go" = Early Modern English (the subject is "we") Cf. Late Modern English's "let us go", in which the subject is "you" which is not written because it is …

Jan 22, 2013 · Almost ten years ago, I checked and recorded the relative popularity of leaped and leapt in Google results, because the following assertion in Webster's Dictionary of English …

May 15, 2014 · Which of the following is grammatical? Can you please let me know by when you want it completed. Can you please let me know when you want it completed by. I am …