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Pructus Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Let A then B

Let wealth be regarded by some society of the future as a mere means to the proper ends of human life, and whether it is rich or poor on the whole, its wealth will be fairly distributed, and that society in pursuit of those ends will be happy and healthy.

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Hi,

Does the above passage have no problem?

I assume that before "its wealth", there should come "then" or "and", as in the sentence structure of "Let A then B".

  

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Hi, Let's consider a simpler example. A more common structure is 'If Tom smiles at her, Mary will be happy'. But you can say it as 'Let Tom smile at her, and Mary will be happy'.

— Clive

  • Hi, Let's consider a simpler example.
  • A more common structure is 'If Tom smiles at her, Mary will be happy'.
  • But you can say it as 'Let Tom smile at her, and Mary will be happy'.
  • It's not really very natural to replace 'and' with 'then', although you could say 'and then'.
  • Let wealth be regarded by some society of the future as a mere means to the proper ends of human life, and , whether it is rich or poor on the whole, its wealth will be fairly distributed, and that society in pursuit of those ends will be happy and healthy.
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Hi,
Let's consider a simpler example.
A more common structure is 'If Tom smiles at her, Mary will be happy'.
But you can say it as 'Let Tom smile at her, and Mary will be happy'.
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Oh! I see..

Thanks a lot, Clive....

"and" is already there...

I didn't know that.

I thought it wa something else.
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