
verbs - "Let's" vs. "lets": which is correct? - English Language ...
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 …
Difference between Let, Let's and Lets? [closed]
Lets is conjugated for the third-person singular present tense, which is to say that it is used with singular nouns and the pronouns he, she, it: 'He lets me eat cake.' 'She sometimes lets her …
"Let's plan to meet at three o'clock" vs. "Let's meet at three o'clock"
2012年11月8日 · 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 …
apostrophe - Etymology of "let us" and "let's" - English Language ...
@Josh61 - Let us go then, you and I,/When the evening is spread out against the sky/Like a patient etherised upon a table;/Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,/The muttering …
phrases - Let's get started! or let's get going? - English Language ...
2016年2月23日 · I'd like to know if anyone feels a difference between "Let's get started!" and "Let's get going!". Both seem to mean about the same. It is also interesting to notice that there …
"Let's get it over (with)" — do I need the "with"?
2013年12月18日 · There doesn't seem to be anything other than established (but inconsistent) idiomatic preference involved in the fact that with is usually included in "Lets get it over", but …
grammaticality - Answering with "Let's!" or "Let's go!" - English ...
2011年11月14日 · I have been reading conversations like the following: Person 1: Hey, let's go for a jog this afternoon! Person 2: Let's! Is it correct to only say "Let's!" instead of "Let's go!"?
"To start" vs "to get started" - English Language & Usage Stack …
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terminology - “Let's burn that bridge when we come to it” – is this ...
I couldn't come up with a short title, but the upside is that there is not much needed to be said in the body of the question! For @dmr (and others), it mixes “let's cross that bridge when we …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2020年5月5日 · Or a parent who believes experience is the best teacher and lets their kids learn through mistakes and failure, so does not do anything—lectures, physical punishment, etc. …