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#2 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 17:06 pm IS "be verb + let" suitable to mean something? |
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Hi Sean Kang
The actual quote is this: "All I ask you is let me be there."
In other words, the only thing she is asking you is "Let me be there". "Let me be there" means the same thing as "Allow me to be there". In other words, I see that part of the quote as a command.
You cannot put "let" after "be" in Olivia's sentence. . |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 17:25 pm IS "be verb + let" suitable to mean something? |
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Please forgive my lack of English. I meant that whether it is gramatically correct. I think "to let" is more matchable. as like "All I ask you is to let me be there".
Can anyone tell me?
Thanks in advance. sean kang |
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Enedle I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 18:00 pm IS "be verb + let" suitable to mean something? |
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| Yes, that's fine. Songs, like all forms of poetry, don't always follow our usual expectations of grammar. |
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Barb_D I'm here quite often ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 18:10 pm IS "be verb + let" suitable to mean something? |
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Hi Sean Kang
Yes, you could insert the word "to" and it would be OK grammatically. For me, it's better without the word "to" -- especially in combination with the rest of the lyrics in the song. . |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:28 am IS "be verb + let" suitable to mean something? |
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Thank you soooo much, Amy and Bard-D and all of you. AHA~ I become pretty hilarious anytime I stop by here. Nice people, Strong grammar!
Your explanation answeres my question perfectly. Thank you very much. sean kang. |
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Enedle I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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