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Hi ;I would be grateful if someone explain me the structure of this sentence."Let's get started .I don't know how to use verbs in this structure.Is it passive?or just expression.IF it is just expression ,please elaborate its structure.

tnx alot.

Rashin

Avangi · Accepted Answer

I think most people consider it to be an imperative sentence.

The typical imperative sentence has "you" as the subject understood.

"Take cover!" It's a command. "I want you to take cover." Or simply, "You take cover."

When we say, "Let's go!" it's sort of a command to ourselves. "Let us go."

(We're not asking someone else to give us permission to leave.)

The verb seems to be the easiest part of it.

Granted, in your example, the idiom "to get started" isn't the easiest thing to grasp.

"Let's give him a push." The verb is "to give."

"Let's take a break." The verb is "to take."

The verb form is simple present tense, active voice, (1st person plural, I suppose).

Welcome to English Forums, rashin. Thanks for joining us. [<:o)]

Best wishes, - A.

CalifJim · Answer

rashinLet's get started. I don't know how to use verbs in this structure.

It's not passive. You just say "Let's" and any verb phrase you want, using the bare infinitive form. It is a way of giving a very enthusiastic suggestion for what a group (including yourself) might do. The group can be just one other person and you, or it could be a larger group that includes you.

Let's go! Let's eat! Let's play tennis! Let's go swimming! Let's get started!

(= I think we should go. I think we should eat. I think we should play tennis. I think we should go swimming. I think we should get started.
= I think it's a good idea for us to go. I think it's a good idea for us to eat. I think it's a good idea for us to play tennis. ...)

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If get started is what troubles you, think of it as a way of saying start. Let's get started is like Let's start, but get started is more focused on the most preliminary phases of the starting process. It is thus a weaker kind of starting -- just a matter of making a transition (sometimes fairly leisurely) from what we're doing now to the activity we want to start to do. In contrast, Let's start suggests that the starting be done immediately.

Another expression with get is Let's get going. This is like Let's go, but weaker. It suggests that we make a transition from our current activity to the activity of preparing to go.

CJ

Rashin · Answer

Thank u so much Mr .Avangi

It was so nice of u. Am i right with this sentence? I mean about the tense of it?

Rashin · Answer

Thank u for your exact and complete answer .I really enjoyed and also i appreciate it.

Rashin · Answer

Thank u Mr.Califjim for your exact and complete answer .

I really enjoyed and also i appreciate it.

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