Let’s with an apostrophe is a contraction of “let us,” which is used in all varieties of speech and writing to introduce a suggestion or request: Let us consider all the facts . Because “let us” often sounds overly formal, the contracted form, let’s occurs more frequently in colloquial speech and writing: Let’s go, Tigers! Let’s forget this ever happened.
Sometimes you’ll see redundancy with the use of let’s : Let’s you and me get out of here . This, of course, literally means, “Let us you and me get out of here.” If “you and me” is treated as an aside here, it can function to elaborate on the subject for emphasis and clarification. However, if not treated as an aside, the above example would be considered nonstandard English.
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