English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar

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A.Wallwork - English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar - 2013

YES NO 1 The engine makes the wheels go
Let’s

11.14 let and make
1.
To is not used after make (inactive sentences) and let.
2.
To is used after make in passive sentences.
3. Do not use let’s (i.e. the contracted form of let us ). let’s is considered too informal.
4.
Let is often used when giving preliminaries. The verb after let is in the infinitive form (which is actually the present subjunctive form.
YES
NO
1 The engine makes the wheels go round. The engine makes the wheels to go round.
1 Please let me know as soon as possible. Please let me to know as soon as possible.
2 Heb was made to write the paper by his professor. Heb was made write the paper by his professor.
3
Let us now look at Equation 5.
Let’s now look at Equation 5.
4
Let X be a compact convex set in a topological vector space Yb Let X to be / Let Xis b a compact convex set in a topological vector space Y.

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verbs + gerund, recommend, suggest
1. Verbs that are followed by some kind of activity or course of action tend to take the gerund. The following are just some examples avoid, carry
on, consider, contemplate, delay, entail, finish, imagine, imply, mean,
miss, postpone, recommend, risk , suggest.
2.
Prevent and stop are followed by an object + gerund construction.
3. Use the gerund after to in these verbs be dedicated to, be devoted to,
be an aid to, look forward to, contribute to, object to.
4. When a recommendation or suggestion is made to a third party, then use the following construction recommend / suggest that someone should do (infinitive form) something.
YES

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