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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

let

It is a two-story tall statue of Budda. Let us each take a picture with the statue. Let us have a picture taken with the statue.

Are they OK?

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Not if you want them both to mean the people are included in the photo with the statue. Only the second sentence means that. This sentence also means the whole group though and not individual photos.

— Nona the brit

  • Not if you want them both to mean the people are included in the photo with the statue.
  • Only the second sentence means that.
  • This sentence also means the whole group though and not individual photos.
  • ' The first sentence does have that meaning of individual pictures but also means that the person is taking the photo (so can't be in it) so it doesn't make sense.
  • By the way, in speech, Let us is almost always abbreviated to 'Let's'.
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Not if you want them both to mean the people are included in the photo with the statue. Only the second sentence means that. This sentence also means the whole group though and not individual photos. If you wanted each person to have an individual photo taken with the statue you need to say 'Let's each have a picture taken with the statue.'

The first sentence does have that meaning of ind
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