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Elcid Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Let usage
Can we use second form of varb when we are using let?
like in "I let him fall down" this sentence is taken from a paragraph where everything was in past tense except this. is it incorrect to say " I let him fell down".
thanks
like in "I let him fall down" this sentence is taken from a paragraph where everything was in past tense except this. is it incorrect to say " I let him fell down".
thanks
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Hello! Well, "let" is past simple, but you want a bare infinitive after it: "fall", and not "fell", which is past simple. "I let him fall down" is correct, the other is not.
- Hello!
- Well, "let" is past simple, but you want a bare infinitive after it: "fall", and not "fell", which is past simple.
- "I let him fall down" is correct, the other is not.
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Hello!
Well, "let" is past simple, but you want a bare infinitive after it: "fall", and not "fell", which is past simple.
"I let him fall down" is correct, the other is not.
Well, "let" is past simple, but you want a bare infinitive after it: "fall", and not "fell", which is past simple.
"I let him fall down" is correct, the other is not.
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Hello
Pianne is right as usual! "I let him fell down" is wrong.
In English there are some verbs (verb1) which take a construction;
Subject + verb1 + person/thing + verb2
verb2 : any verb in the lexical form (the form you can find in your dictionary)
The verb1 are as follows
(1) causative verbs : make, have, let, (help)
(2) perception ver
Pianne is right as usual! "I let him fell down" is wrong.
In English there are some verbs (verb1) which take a construction;
Subject + verb1 + person/thing + verb2
verb2 : any verb in the lexical form (the form you can find in your dictionary)
The verb1 are as follows
(1) causative verbs : make, have, let, (help)
(2) perception ver
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