Please check the below sentence is correct in grammar and meaningful, as my friend says it is correct!?

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I won’t let you to let me go.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

Hi, mspandian, Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums.

It's basically correct. It takes a lot of experience to know when to omit the "to" when using the infinitive in this way. In this particular case, it should be omitted, leaving us with what we call "the bare infinitive." I've also seen it called "the basic root," and "the base form of the verb."
I won't let you let me go.

(We'd include the "to" in this example: "I want you to let me go.")

If you say, "You'll never let me go!" we'd call it simple future tense (You will let me go), but this is still an example of the bare infinitive, which is used in forming the future tense: "You will ~~[to]~~ let me go!"

Best regards, - A.

Mspandian · Answer

AvangiHi, mspandian, Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums.

It's basically correct. It takes a lot of experience to know when to omit the "to" when using the infinitive in this way. In this particular case, it should be omitted, leaving us with what we call "the bare infinitive." I've also seen it called "the basic root," and "the base form of the verb."
I won't let you let me go.

(We'd include the "to" in this example: "I want you to let me go.")

If you say, "You'll never let me go!" we'd call it simple future tense (You will let me go), but this is still an example of the bare infinitive, which is used in forming the future tense: "You will ~~[to]~~ let me go!"

Best regards, - A.

Hi Avangi
Thank you for reply, yesterday I had an argument among our friends, as this sentence (I won’t let you let me go ) was written in the skype for indicating the mood, my friend who wrote this sentence was having a minor problem with his girl friend, so to normalize! her, he wrote this sentence…how ever the meaning of this sentence become the conflict point on our discussion, so we thought it should be written as (I won’t let you to let me you go), please submit your view.

Thanks

BarbaraPA · Answer

I would certainly NOT include that "to."
I won't let you let me go.
Sounds pretty creepy, though. Overly possessive and controlling. Kind of like the guy who says "If I can't have you, no one can!" and then kills them both.

Mspandian · Answer

Anonymous · Answer

I would not allow u to let me go

i would not allow u to go from me

i won’t let u to go from me

i won’t allow you from letting me go

BarbaraPA · Answer

AnonymousI would not allow u to let me go - how would "u" prevent it?

i would not allow u to go from me - creepy and sounds like a restraining order is needed

i won’t let u to go from me - "from me" sounds weird here, aside from the creepiness of the sentiment.

i won’t allow you from letting me go - uncomprehensible.

Remember I is capitalized and you is a word, not a letter.

Please check the below sentence is correct in grammar and meaningful, as my friend says it is correct!?

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