
The phrase "let alone" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jun 14, 2011 · 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 …
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 meaning …
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 instance where this …
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 structures. …
meaning - Difference between Let, Let's and Lets? - English Language ...
Many people use "let, let's and lets" in conversation What's the difference between them?
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 clear by the …
adjectives - Is "Let's get started" passive voice or not? - English ...
May 5, 2017 · Because Let us get started is an imperative statement, there is an implied subject. You let us get started This construction, with the implied subject, is a standard active voice construction. We …
How to ask about one's availability? "free/available/not busy"?
It is far more conventional to say "let me know when you are busy" than "let me know when you are not busy". The negative is considered redundant, and they are understood to mean the same thing, i.e. …
"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.
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 still/much/even less …