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 …

Jun 10, 2018 · 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 …

Many people use "let, let's and lets" in conversation What's the difference between them?

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 …

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 …

Apr 13, 2016 · The let alone construction has been analyzed in great and precise detail in a famous paper by Fillmore, Kay, and O'Connor: " Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: …

Sep 7, 2022 · Here is an example from Collins It is incredible that the 12-year-old managed to even reach the pedals, let alone drive the car. As I said in a comment, in your second sentence, the first to …

Apr 6, 2011 · The issue is whether the sentence can stand on its own; "Let me know" can but doesn't really acquire useful meaning without a context. The examples I offered are other sentences with …

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 …

Oct 3, 2011 · "Let us go/Let us pray" is a special verb construction of the type Let, imperative+us,accusative+bare infinitive. The speaker makes a suggestion and includes himself.