Discussion About Let's Go and Let us go

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by ChronaZero, Aug 18, 2022.

  1. ChronaZero

    ChronaZero 《I'm just a Spectator》《monggo mas~ 》

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    It's just a bit of intermezzo but...

    The words let's go and a let us go has different connotation, but the same wordings. I'm always quite confused on how they are used, which part is right and wrong.

    I don't know if it's just me however. We definitely can use "let's go" whenever we want to go somewhere, but it's kinda weird to use "let us go" on the same condition.

    What do you think about this problem?
     
  2. otaku31

    otaku31 Well-Known Member

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    My two cents:

    The contraction in "let's" takes emphasis away from the "us" and it ends up sounding less like a plea or a demand for release (or a mixture of both) than "let us go".

    P.S. One can still use "let us go" casually even where there's no constraint implied, but it does end up sounding overly formal, especially in contrast to the other usage (or probably because the other form is always in the back of one's mind).
     
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  3. Harry

    Harry Now you see me

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    The wolves says "Let's go kidnap that chicks!"
    The chicks says "Please, let us go. Help! Help!"