He does not let me / let me to

ADMP

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Sinhaleese - Sri Lanka
Can you please let me know the correct way of using LET and are the given examples correct?
  1. She is not letting me to do my home work
  2. She is not letting me do my home work
 
  • Sentence number 2 is correct. Although "letting me" basically means "allowing me to" ... the "to" is not necessary when using let. Ex:

    1. She is not allowing me to do my homework.
    2. She is not letting me do my homework.
     
    Can you please let me know the correct way of using LET and are the given examples correct?
    1. She is not letting me to do my home work
    2. She is not letting me do my home work

    ADMP, your first sentence is one of those rare examples of what they call an infinitive with "to deletion." Another example would be:

    She will not make me do my homework. ("to" is deleted)

    These are exceptions. Most of the time, the structure of the first sentence would be fine. Here are examples of the structure without "to deletion."

    She does not want me to do my homework.
    She does not force me to do my homework.
    She does not allow me to do my homework.

    These last three are correct. But your first was an exception.
     
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