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Bisky

United States

You should have let me ate it.

04:17 PM Mar 02 2009 |

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nad1a

nad1a

Greece

freedom-soul

 

you should let me eat it !~ without "have" i think <<- the one who suffering from grammer trying to do something here LOOOL

 

 

 milky way is obviously not the only one "suffering from" grammar, if one can suffer from that in the first place;we usually suffer from a disease) and secondly, you're not in the position to make fun of her as your own grammar is far from perfect as well.

"the one who suffering from grammer trying to do something here "

should actually be: "the one who is suffering... is trying to …" or "the one suffering from… is trying to"

my advice is, learn from each other and avoid being nasty;

stay cool!

12:38 PM Mar 05 2009 |

nad1a

nad1a

Greece

This has to do with:

a/ the way modal verbs are used. (should, could, would)

b/ verbs after "let" need to be in their base form (infinitive without "to")

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A/We have modals and perfect modals.

Modals:
modal+bare infinitive

"should let" in which case it means, you should let me do that now

Perfect modals:
modal+ have + past participle

"should have let" in which case it means, you should have let me do that that time (in the past)

 

the confusion in this particular example, comes with the form of the verb "let"
'let' is an irregular verb, and its three forms are let-let-let: (Present Simple – Past Simple – Past Participle)

I always let you do that. (Present Simple)
I let you do that yesterday. (Past Simple)
I've let you do that several times today. (Present Perfect)

you should let me do that: 'let' is in its base form (infinitive without "to")
you should have let me do that: 'let' is in past participle (the third form)

the difference would be clear if that was another verb instead of 'let':
I should do that
I should have done that

B/ Verbs like let and make require to be followed by a verb in its base form (infinitive without 'to')

that's why you say let me do and not let me to do

make him do it/ and not make him to do it/ or make him doing it, or make him did it

01:02 PM Mar 05 2009 |

Mapleleaf Man

Canada

Hi Nadia, I think Freedom Soul was laughing at herself, not someone else. She would not do that, for sure. She was the first one to say "you should let me eat it !~ without "have" i think ", she wasn't copying that from someone else. She was laughing at herself by saying "<<<the one who suffering from grammer trying to do something here LOOOL". She meant the she is suffering from 'grammer' (grammar) but she was still trying to help. I'm quite sure that is she she meant, ok?

02:38 PM Mar 05 2009 |

nad1a

nad1a

Greece

uh oh!

my sincere appologies to freedom-soul

<-—needs to learn how to read!!!!!

03:36 PM Mar 05 2009 |

jiaotong05

jiaotong05

Pakistan

be friendly guys,  love ya all

03:49 PM Mar 05 2009 |

manu_wj

manu_wj

Italy

ah ah good, learning laughing, I like it 

03:50 PM Mar 05 2009 |

dancer_x

dancer_x

United States

haha im a native speaker n it should be 'you should have let me eat it" i dunno what's all that fuss bout :P

04:51 PM Mar 05 2009 |

nad1a

nad1a

Greece

yes, dancer_x , that's it, i just elaborated on it, explaining why it should be that way; i just saw people getting confused over using 'have' in the phrase

10:39 PM Mar 05 2009 |

dancer_x

dancer_x

United States

yea it can be difficult, i know nothing bout grammar haha even tho im american lolz

02:20 PM Mar 06 2009 |