Use "allow me" instead of "let me"

[Wash Nion]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #213 "What comes next (the bill)", question 2

I would be most obliged if ..........

(a) let me to pay later
(b) permit me pay later
(c) allow me to pay later
(d) grant me to pay later

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #213 "What comes next (the bill)", answer 2

I would be most obliged if allow me to pay later.

Correct answer: (c) allow me to pay later

Your answer was: incorrect
I would be most obliged if let me to pay later.
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why do l have to use "allow" instead of "let"?

Wash Nion

[Yankee]

Hi Wash Nion

You could also use 'let' but no with the word 'to'.
If you use the word 'allow', then the word 'to' is necessary:

- let me pay later
- allow me to pay later

Note to admin:
There is a typo in the sentence. The pronoun seems to have been deleted after the word if.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Torsten]

Thanks Amy, pronoun added. T
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[TomWelling]

Let sb do sth
Allow sb/sthm to do sth
Correct!
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