Saturday, May 08, 2004, 01:09 GMT
"Let us", unlike many other contracted words, seem to not be interchangable with the contracted version of the world. In fact, the contracted version, "Let's" is used primarily when talking to a party including yourself. Most people use "let us" when talking to someone outside of that party. For example:
"Let's have a cup of coffee before the meeting."(Talking directly to someone inside of the party.)
"Let us have some coffee before the meeting."(Talking to someone outside of the party.)
My question is, are their any other words(contractions) like this?
"Let's have a cup of coffee before the meeting."(Talking directly to someone inside of the party.)
"Let us have some coffee before the meeting."(Talking to someone outside of the party.)
My question is, are their any other words(contractions) like this?