let me to drink it

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My coffee is getting cold, let me to drink it.I tend to use preposition "to" in the above sentence. But it is wrong.Could you explain it to me why it so?

Myprofe · Accepted Answer

Let and Make

Let me explain it to you. After the verbs let and make we use the infinitive without to. I hope I can make you remember this.

BarbaraPA · Answer

In the "command" saying "Let me [do something]" or "Let her [do something]" you use the bare infinitive.

Let her see the letter.

Let me drink my coffee.

Luxurious · Answer

AS for MAKE you are right we use bare infinitive, BUT if the sentence is in the passive we use TO
E.g. He was made to do this as qickly as possible.
Compare in active voice: They made him do this as quickly as possible.

Pucca · Answer

Hey User_gary!

I used to make the same mistake until I come across that teachers usually use that!
Haven't you heard 'Let me see' from your teachers? Just remember that sentence and whenver you use it remember the structure!

Philip · Answer

PuccaHey User_gary!

I used to make the same mistake until I come across that teachers usually use that!
Haven't you heard 'Let me see' from your teachers? Just remember that sentenceand whenver you use it remember the structure!

Good advice. It is often a great idea just to memorize a 'pattern sentence' rather than try to apply a rule to the structure.

There used to be a set of materials for ESL that did exactly that throughout the course. It was called English 900 and had that number of pattern sentences (followed by drills, conversational prompts, etc.) that were for that purpose exactly. I had some success using that course while teaching in Turkey.

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