Re: Fiat Lux
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 22, 2001, 4:33 |
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Muke Tever wrote:
> In _function_ it can be. (can be.)
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> But the _form_ is simply second-person imperative of 'let' plus a verb.
> Literally it just comes out to "(you) allow us to dance".
Let's can ONLY be used as a first person plural imperative. No native
speaker would ever say "Let's dance" to mean "Allow us to dance". For
that meaning, you'd say "Let us dance". Let's ORIGINATED as a simple
contraction of "let us", but, except in certain formal situations (like
in church; "Let us pray"), _let's_ and _let us_ can't be used
interchangeably.
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