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- The passive with let - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 me to come to the party is wanted by Bill, which is hardly an improvement So let doesn't normally passivize
- verbs - Lets 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 meaning to permit or allow In the questioner’s examples, the sentence means to say “Product (allows permits you to) do something awesome”, so the form with lets is correct
- The phrase let alone - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 the comma is "let alon
- To start vs to get started - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I think to some degree "to get started" is a weasel phrase Either you start something, and then it runs, or you don't "Get started" implies, start it, but don't expect any results yet, because you're still starting and not actually doing yet Of course, the language is full of weasel phrases that add color and fuzziness, attempting to reflect the nuances of reality Feel free to use them
- phrase requests - Other words to replace lets? - English Language . . .
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 invitations, political speeches, and all manner of other speech and writing that would be deemed "formal" so it's unclear what kind of answer you are looking for
- “Not to mention” Vs. “Let alone” - English Language Usage . . .
Everything you write is "as you can remember" So we can remove it "let alone" or "not to mention" are often just filler "not to mention" can sometimes be used to good effect because of its irony: whenever you say "not to mention", it means that you are about to mention the thing that you said "not to mention" This can be fun when used
- idioms - Meaning of let bygones be bygones - English Language Usage . . .
'Let bygones be bygones' uses both meanings of the word 'bygones' and means, in extended form, 'let the unpleasantness between us become a thing of the past' So I think, the meaning of the phrase is closer to your first meaning versus the second
- What does we’ll see about that mean in this context?
This definitely influences the way that we should interpret the part that's confusing you Let's take a look at what you said: ME - Hope she gets better and you’ll never ever have to see me or that hospital again You are expressing a wish, and two expected outcomes of that wish The wish is that the girl's mother gets better
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