What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

[Kharkhun]

What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

What do you mean "in question tag"?

 

[Raymott]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

There's no difference. Neither occurs in a sentence tag.

 

[Kharkhun]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

I mean when we say "will you?" at the end of the sentence and when we say "Shall we?".

Ex: Let's go somewhere different tonight, shall we? (What if we change the first part into: Let us?)

 

[Raymott]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

I mean when we say "will you?" at the end of the sentence and when we say "Shall we?".
Someone who uses 'shall' can answer this part.
Ex: Let's go somewhere different tonight, shall we? (What if we change the first part into: Let us?)

There's no difference between 'Let's' and 'Let us'.

 

[Kharkhun]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

Please dad, let me and him go to the cinema, ..... ? (What do you choose? Will you or shall we?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

"Will you".

 

[Kharkhun]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

That's my question. Why? why not shall we?

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

It's dad who'll be doing the letting — not us.

 

[roseriver1012]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

When we learn English in our country, we're told that "let's" is different from "let us". If one says "let's do something", that means the speaker involves the listener in the activity, so we are told to use "shall we?" ;if "let us do something", it means the speaker doesn't involve the listener in the activity, so we are told to use "will you?". Does such a "theory" not exist at all actually?

 

[tzfujimino]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

Hello.:-D
I think it really depends on its meaning whether we should use 'will you' or 'shall we' as a question tag.

1. "[...], let me and him go to the cinema." is equal to "[...], allow me and him to go to the cinema." and therefore 'will you/would you' is appropriate.
2. "Let's go [...]." is used to make a suggestion and therefore 'shall we' is appropriate.
:-D

 

[Tdol]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

Please dad, let me and him go to the cinema, ..... ? (What do you choose? Will you or shall we?

This is asking for permission, not making a suggestion, so use will you.

 

[5jj]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

When let us means permit us to, it is not contracted. When it is making a suggestion, it is usually contracted.

 

[Raymott]

Re: What's the difference between "let's" and "let us" in question tag?

When we learn English in our country, we're told that "let's" is different from "let us". If one says "let's do something", that means the speaker involves the listener in the activity, so we are told to use "shall we?" ;if "let us do something", it means the speaker doesn't involve the listener in the activity, so we are told to use "will you?". Does such a "theory" not exist at all actually?

Yes, I should have clarified this. "Let us" does not always mean "Let's", as others have pointed out.
"Let us go, please, Father." can't use "Let's".
When I said that there is no difference, I understood the question to be about a suggested mutual activity, not about asking for permission.
"Let's go to the pictures" = "Let us go to the pictures" when it's a suggestion. It's better to understand it this way (suggestion vs. permission) than whether the hearer is invited into the activity.