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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Let's

My son is doing some "Mixef Sentence Practice" and he needs to label whether the given group of words is a clause or a phrase.
Let's go for a bike ride.
How do we know that "let" is the main verb. How do we use this pattern correctly?
  

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Let's is a contraction of Let us . Let us is very rarely said in modern English. Let's is really a standard,fixed expression.

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  • Let's is a contraction of Let us .
  • Let us is very rarely said in modern English.
  • Let's is really a standard,fixed expression.
  • The syntax is Let's + base or infinitive form of a verb.
  • I t's function is to suggest a course of action for yourself and one or more other people.
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Let's is a contraction of Let us. Let us is very rarely said in modern English.

Let's is really a standard,fixed expression.

The syntax is Let's + base or infinitive form of a verb.

It's function is to suggest a course of action for yourself and one or more other people.

eg

Let's eat.

Let's go to a movie.

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