- 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 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
- Not to Mention ≈ [Let Alone ≈ Much Less ≈ Still Less]
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 reinforce a negative or unlikely statement that precedes them The still much even less constructs reinforce the negativity of the preceding phrase by subtraction -- Negative statement, still much even less
- 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
- Origin of the saying let go or be dragged
Let go or be dragged This is a saying often associated with Zen Buddhism (occasionally Stoicism) As far as I can tell, there's no historical connection, and it might well be originally English
- grammaticality - Let A be a set, [let] B [be] a group - English . . .
I think that "Let A be a set, let B be a group, and let C be a number " is the most formal phrasing Since this is a mathematically formal usage, I think that would be preferred, but I don't think any of the phrases you presented are wrong, and "Let A be a set, B a group, and C a number " is shorter and more succinct On a separate note, we have a sister site for Math you might consult
- phrases - Lets get started! or lets get going? - English Language . . .
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"
- 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
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