'Kindly make sure to let's know' Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)The use of “therefor” in my High School Diploma“Would” vs. “Will”Work around an issue or workaround an issue?Let's suppose vs. Let us supposeIs this correct "I'll be looking forward to helping.. ? Read on pleaseCustomer Technical Support or Technical Customer Support?“Make sure it work” or “make sure it works”?“The Germans were attacking, and the French”. Why is it wrong?Had come to know? Is that correct grammar/English?Usage of prepositions “on” and “of” for dates
Disembodied hand growing fangs
What is the topology associated with the algebras for the ultrafilter monad?
How to compare two different files line by line in unix?
What is the appropriate index architecture when forced to implement IsDeleted (soft deletes)?
Why is it faster to reheat something than it is to cook it?
Dating a Former Employee
As a beginner, should I get a Squier Strat with a SSS config or a HSS?
Does the Weapon Master feat grant you a fighting style?
Do wooden building fires get hotter than 600°C?
What is a fractional matching?
Can anything be seen from the center of the Boötes void? How dark would it be?
What is this clumpy 20-30cm high yellow-flowered plant?
Why wasn't DOSKEY integrated with COMMAND.COM?
Localisation of Category
Time to Settle Down!
Drawing without replacement: why is the order of draw irrelevant?
Is it possible for SQL statements to execute concurrently within a single session in SQL Server?
Converted a Scalar function to a TVF function for parallel execution-Still running in Serial mode
Illegal assignment from sObject to Id
How can I reduce the gap between left and right of cdot with a macro?
The code below, is it ill-formed NDR or is it well formed?
Hangman Game with C++
What does it mean that physics no longer uses mechanical models to describe phenomena?
Trademark violation for app?
'Kindly make sure to let's know'
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)The use of “therefor” in my High School Diploma“Would” vs. “Will”Work around an issue or workaround an issue?Let's suppose vs. Let us supposeIs this correct "I'll be looking forward to helping.. ? Read on pleaseCustomer Technical Support or Technical Customer Support?“Make sure it work” or “make sure it works”?“The Germans were attacking, and the French”. Why is it wrong?Had come to know? Is that correct grammar/English?Usage of prepositions “on” and “of” for dates
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
I received an email from my team lead, which says:
Kindly make sure to let's know the challenges you faced while working on the project.
It was the reply to my email which presented challenges.
I think the above reply from my team lead doesn't sound correct (I may be incorrect).
I would like to rephrase it:
Kindly make sure to let us know if you face any challenges.
Am I correct about the contraction here? And is the rest correct?
grammar grammar-checker
edited 3 hours ago
Araucaria
35.8k1071151
asked 4 hours ago
Vinayak KaleVinayak Kale
243
|
show 1 more comment
I received an email from my team lead, which says:
Kindly make sure to let's know the challenges you faced while working on the project.
It was the reply to my email which presented challenges.
I think the above reply from my team lead doesn't sound correct (I may be incorrect).
I would like to rephrase it:
Kindly make sure to let us know if you face any challenges.
Am I correct about the contraction here? And is the rest correct?
grammar grammar-checker
edited 3 hours ago
Araucaria
35.8k1071151
asked 4 hours ago
Vinayak KaleVinayak Kale
243
1
You are correct. Not sure the name of the rule or convention, but contractions in such cases are, if not discouraged outright, highly irregular.
– Carly
3 hours ago
In this case "let's" is a contraction for "lettuce".
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
@NigelJ What is wrong with ..."Let's go" ? Common expression and used by perfectly mature adults...
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
1
@Cascabel Let's agree on that.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
1
Let’s fret over this no longer.
– IconDaemon
2 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
I received an email from my team lead, which says:
Kindly make sure to let's know the challenges you faced while working on the project.
It was the reply to my email which presented challenges.
I think the above reply from my team lead doesn't sound correct (I may be incorrect).
I would like to rephrase it:
Kindly make sure to let us know if you face any challenges.
Am I correct about the contraction here? And is the rest correct?
grammar grammar-checker
edited 3 hours ago
Araucaria
35.8k1071151
asked 4 hours ago
Vinayak KaleVinayak Kale
243
I received an email from my team lead, which says:
Kindly make sure to let's know the challenges you faced while working on the project.
It was the reply to my email which presented challenges.
I think the above reply from my team lead doesn't sound correct (I may be incorrect).
I would like to rephrase it:
Kindly make sure to let us know if you face any challenges.
Am I correct about the contraction here? And is the rest correct?
grammar grammar-checker
grammar grammar-checker
edited 3 hours ago
Araucaria
35.8k1071151
asked 4 hours ago
Vinayak KaleVinayak Kale
243
edited 3 hours ago
Araucaria
35.8k1071151
asked 4 hours ago
Vinayak KaleVinayak Kale
243
edited 3 hours ago
Araucaria
35.8k1071151
edited 3 hours ago
Araucaria
35.8k1071151
edited 3 hours ago
Araucaria
35.8k1071151
35.8k1071151
asked 4 hours ago
Vinayak KaleVinayak Kale
243
asked 4 hours ago
Vinayak KaleVinayak Kale
243
asked 4 hours ago
Vinayak KaleVinayak Kale
243
243
1
You are correct. Not sure the name of the rule or convention, but contractions in such cases are, if not discouraged outright, highly irregular.
– Carly
3 hours ago
In this case "let's" is a contraction for "lettuce".
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
@NigelJ What is wrong with ..."Let's go" ? Common expression and used by perfectly mature adults...
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
1
@Cascabel Let's agree on that.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
1
Let’s fret over this no longer.
– IconDaemon
2 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
1
You are correct. Not sure the name of the rule or convention, but contractions in such cases are, if not discouraged outright, highly irregular.
– Carly
3 hours ago
In this case "let's" is a contraction for "lettuce".
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
@NigelJ What is wrong with ..."Let's go" ? Common expression and used by perfectly mature adults...
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
1
@Cascabel Let's agree on that.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
1
Let’s fret over this no longer.
– IconDaemon
2 hours ago
1
1
You are correct. Not sure the name of the rule or convention, but contractions in such cases are, if not discouraged outright, highly irregular.
– Carly
3 hours ago
You are correct. Not sure the name of the rule or convention, but contractions in such cases are, if not discouraged outright, highly irregular.
– Carly
3 hours ago
In this case "let's" is a contraction for "lettuce".
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
In this case "let's" is a contraction for "lettuce".
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
@NigelJ What is wrong with ..."Let's go" ? Common expression and used by perfectly mature adults...
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
@NigelJ What is wrong with ..."Let's go" ? Common expression and used by perfectly mature adults...
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
1
1
@Cascabel Let's agree on that.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
@Cascabel Let's agree on that.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
1
1
Let’s fret over this no longer.
– IconDaemon
2 hours ago
Let’s fret over this no longer.
– IconDaemon
2 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
While "let's" is derived from contracting "let us", it is now a fixed term with a specific meaning. It would be slightly odd to write "let us" to mean "we should" (it's a bit overly formal), and it's very odd to write "let's" to mean "let us".
To be idiomatic, a contraction has be one that is standard, and being a standard contraction is a property of not only the words being contracted, but the meaning those words are being used in. So, for instance, if we use the word "will" in the sense of "last testament", it would not be idiomatic to say "Is the won't here?" to mean "Is the will not here?"
edited 2 hours ago
Cascabel
8,14762856
answered 3 hours ago
AcccumulationAcccumulation
1,58829
Sorry, but I provided a little formatting to improve readability...hope you don't mind.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "97"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f494417%2fkindly-make-sure-to-lets-know%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
While "let's" is derived from contracting "let us", it is now a fixed term with a specific meaning. It would be slightly odd to write "let us" to mean "we should" (it's a bit overly formal), and it's very odd to write "let's" to mean "let us".
To be idiomatic, a contraction has be one that is standard, and being a standard contraction is a property of not only the words being contracted, but the meaning those words are being used in. So, for instance, if we use the word "will" in the sense of "last testament", it would not be idiomatic to say "Is the won't here?" to mean "Is the will not here?"
edited 2 hours ago
Cascabel
8,14762856
answered 3 hours ago
AcccumulationAcccumulation
1,58829
Sorry, but I provided a little formatting to improve readability...hope you don't mind.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
While "let's" is derived from contracting "let us", it is now a fixed term with a specific meaning. It would be slightly odd to write "let us" to mean "we should" (it's a bit overly formal), and it's very odd to write "let's" to mean "let us".
To be idiomatic, a contraction has be one that is standard, and being a standard contraction is a property of not only the words being contracted, but the meaning those words are being used in. So, for instance, if we use the word "will" in the sense of "last testament", it would not be idiomatic to say "Is the won't here?" to mean "Is the will not here?"
edited 2 hours ago
Cascabel
8,14762856
answered 3 hours ago
AcccumulationAcccumulation
1,58829
Sorry, but I provided a little formatting to improve readability...hope you don't mind.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
While "let's" is derived from contracting "let us", it is now a fixed term with a specific meaning. It would be slightly odd to write "let us" to mean "we should" (it's a bit overly formal), and it's very odd to write "let's" to mean "let us".
To be idiomatic, a contraction has be one that is standard, and being a standard contraction is a property of not only the words being contracted, but the meaning those words are being used in. So, for instance, if we use the word "will" in the sense of "last testament", it would not be idiomatic to say "Is the won't here?" to mean "Is the will not here?"
edited 2 hours ago
Cascabel
8,14762856
answered 3 hours ago
AcccumulationAcccumulation
1,58829
While "let's" is derived from contracting "let us", it is now a fixed term with a specific meaning. It would be slightly odd to write "let us" to mean "we should" (it's a bit overly formal), and it's very odd to write "let's" to mean "let us".
To be idiomatic, a contraction has be one that is standard, and being a standard contraction is a property of not only the words being contracted, but the meaning those words are being used in. So, for instance, if we use the word "will" in the sense of "last testament", it would not be idiomatic to say "Is the won't here?" to mean "Is the will not here?"
edited 2 hours ago
Cascabel
8,14762856
answered 3 hours ago
AcccumulationAcccumulation
1,58829
edited 2 hours ago
Cascabel
8,14762856
edited 2 hours ago
Cascabel
8,14762856
edited 2 hours ago
Cascabel
8,14762856
8,14762856
answered 3 hours ago
AcccumulationAcccumulation
1,58829
answered 3 hours ago
AcccumulationAcccumulation
1,58829
answered 3 hours ago
AcccumulationAcccumulation
1,58829
1,58829
Sorry, but I provided a little formatting to improve readability...hope you don't mind.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
Sorry, but I provided a little formatting to improve readability...hope you don't mind.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
Sorry, but I provided a little formatting to improve readability...hope you don't mind.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
Sorry, but I provided a little formatting to improve readability...hope you don't mind.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f494417%2fkindly-make-sure-to-lets-know%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
1
You are correct. Not sure the name of the rule or convention, but contractions in such cases are, if not discouraged outright, highly irregular.
– Carly
3 hours ago
In this case "let's" is a contraction for "lettuce".
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
@NigelJ What is wrong with ..."Let's go" ? Common expression and used by perfectly mature adults...
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
1
@Cascabel Let's agree on that.
– Nigel J
2 hours ago
1
Let’s fret over this no longer.
– IconDaemon
2 hours ago