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Bookmark or Share- Can I always use "leave go"? - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeBut I think even in British English we normally only use leave go instead of let go in contexts where the "holding on" is literal/physical - normally to a part of the speaker's body (arm, hand. ear, etc.).
- How should verb goes with "let" be in past tenses?Let me see. means to allow someone to see something or it is an idiom meaning: Let me see if something another person says works or is right in a context. The verb let is the same in all tenses: They let us go to the movies.
- conversion of direct indirect speech having "let me..."He said, "Let me ask you a question." let is asking for permission to do something- a request. According to the Oxford Guide to English Grammar, section 270.1.a, we represent requests in reported speech by using ask + object + to-infinitive: He asked me to let him ask me a question.
- Is there any difference between 'let me go' and 'let go of me'?'Let go of me' is commanding someone to release you physically, in much the same way that 'Let go of the cup' commands someone to release the cup physically. 'Let me go' can be a physical command, but it can also be a metaphysical command. The difference in terms comes from the fact that someone can have different types of 'hold' on you.
- lyrics - Meaning of "doodle let me go" and "yaller girls" - English ...Quite obviously this song is a sailor's song about a visit to a cat-house. Sorry to be so frank, but that's what it is. Yaller girls are mixed-race females who work and live there. Doodle let me go could be sailor slang for making a request of the onboard officer to allow onshore leave.
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