2018年6月10日 · 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 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 ...

@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…

2016年2月23日 · Let me allow to express the subtle difference you are careful about, figuratively. 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 sentence, " Let's start going".

2011年6月14日 · 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" clause. They wouldn't go near a stingray, therefore it is out of the question that they would pet one.

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 Hands: The Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin (November 1961) with the following caption:

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)

2018年12月6日 · 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 shall start with x. •Now, we can see the relationship between z and w. Using we on occasion instead of us will avoid the sense of repetition

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2011年9月20日 · Reference-work coverage of 'let it [or her] rip' Here is the entry for "let her rip" in Christine Ammer, The Facts on File Dictionary of Clichés, second edition (2006): let her rip Allow an engine to go as fast as possible. An American colloquialism dating from the first half of the nineteenth century, this term presumably was first applied to ...

2020年10月24日 · Let's meet at 11 at the stadium. River side — "by" is usual, "at" is not found and although it seems a reasonable possibility, it is not found. Let's meet at 11 by the river side. Hill — "on" common, "at" rarer. Let's meet at 11 on/at the hill. Cafe — "at" preferred but "in" also used. let's meet at 11 at/in the cafe. …