The phrase "let alone"
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.
meaning
Many people use "let, let''s and lets" in conversation What''s the difference between them?
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
grammar
Some verbs like let (or sense verbs like see, watch, hear, and feel) can take infinitive object clauses ("complements") without a to; it''s a special exception for those verbs only. All
idioms
''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
The passive with "let"
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
apostrophe
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
infinitives
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
verbs
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
phrases
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