- verbs - Lets 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 see how it can be done (should be Let's) Flubber let's lets you jump high (should be lets) Let's lets go to the movie after dinner (should be Let's)
- Lets plan to meet at three oclock vs. Lets meet at three oclock
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 definite and less assertive, and possibly leaves a way out if the speaker suspects he may not be able to make it
- Difference between Let, Lets 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 brother use the Super Nintendo ' 'The country lets me feel freer than the city '
- apostrophe - Etymology of let us and lets - 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 retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question…
- Origin and variants of phrase: lets blow this popsicle stand
I'd like to know the origin and precursor or derivative variants of the phrase "let's blow this popsicle stand" Reliable, conclusive, source-supported, authoritative and consistent information about
- Usage of shall we? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Lets get it over (with) — do I need the with?
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 not if we replace over with, say, done (or any of these other synonyms listed by Merriam Webster: completed, concluded, done, down, ended, finished, over, over with
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