DON’T LET + pronoun (permission/order) – English Grammar Profiler

Here are two examples of ordering someone not to allow something:

Don’t let him get away.

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Don’t let them go.

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C1 point 117 in CLAUSES/imperatives is defined as:

an imperative clause with ‘let’ + ‘him/her/them’ + base form of a main verb, to disallow something or instruct someone to disallow something

*I disagree that ‘him|her|them’ should be the only pronouns that point to this level of complexity.

An iWeb search for:

Do _XX let _P _V

1 DO N’T LET IT GET 1085

Don’t let it get to you.

2 DO N’T LET ANYONE TELL 933 3 DO N’T LET THEM GET 557 4 DO N’T LET IT GO 520 5 DO N’T LET YOURSELF GET 449 6 DO N’T LET IT BE 445 7 DO N’T LET YOURSELF BE 391 8 DO N’T LET HIM GET 378 9 DO N’T LET IT HAPPEN 335 10 DO N’T LET ME BE 252 11 DO N’T LET IT SIT 196 12 DO N’T LET IT BOTHER 189 13 DO N’T LET IT STOP 182 14 DO N’T LET THEM GO 169 15 DO N’T LET THEM TAKE 151 16 DO N’T LET ANYBODY TELL 149 17 DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE 149 18 DO N’T LET ME GET 135 19 DO N’T LET IT FOOL 125 20 DO N’T LET IT BECOME 119 21 DO N’T LET THEM KNOW 111 22 DO NOT LET IT BOIL 110 23 DO N’T LET IT TAKE 109 24 DO NOT LET IT GET 108 25 DO N’T LET THEM DO 107 26 DO N’T LET THEM TELL 106 27 DO N’T LET HER GET 103 28 DO N’T LET THEM FOOL 98 29 DO N’T LET THEM BE 97 30 DO N’T LET HIM DO 96 31 DO NOT LET THEM GET 96 32 DO N’T LET IT RUIN 95 33 DO N’T LET IT PUT 94 34 DO N’T LET IT SLIP 93 35 DO N’T LET THEM SEE 90 36 DO NOT LET ANYONE TELL 90 37 DO N’T LET YOU DO 87 38 DO NOT LET IT GO 85 39 DO N’T LET ANYTHING GET 84

40 DO N’T LET IT AFFECT 81

41 DO N’T LET IT DRY 80 42 DO N’T LET THEM SIT 79

43 DO N’T LET IT SCARE 77

44 DO N’T LET YOURSELF BECOME 75 45 DO N’T LET THEM HAVE 74 46 DO N’T LET IT PASS 71 47 DO N’T LET IT ‘S 68 48 DO N’T LET IT BOIL 67 49 DO N’T LET HIM GO 67 50 DO N’T LET ANYTHING STAND 65 51 DO N’T LET ANYONE MAKE 65 52 DO N’T LET IT FALL 65 53 DO N’T LET ANYONE TAKE 63 54 DO N’T LET THEM TOUCH 62 55 DO N’T LET THEM MAKE 61 56 DO N’T LET ANYTHING STOP 60 57 DO N’T LET HIM KNOW 59 58 DO N’T LET IT COME 58

59 DO N’T LET IT DISCOURAGE 58

60 DO N’T LET ANYONE TALK 56 61 DO N’T LET ME FORGET 56 62 DO N’T LET US KNOW 56 63 DO N’T LET ANYONE CONVINCE 55 64 DO N’T LET IT RUN 55 65 DO NOT LET HIM GET 55 66 DO NOT LET YOURSELF GET 55 67 DO N’T LET HER KNOW 54 68 DO N’T LET IT CONTROL 53

69 DO N’T LET IT OVERWHELM 53

70 DO NOT LET IT BE 53 71 DO N’T LET HIM FOOL 52 72 DO N’T LET ANYONE GET 52 73 DO N’T LET IT WORRY 52 74 DO N’T LET THEM DRY 52 75 DO N’T LET ANYONE KNOW 50 76 DO N’T LET IT HOLD 50 77 DO N’T LET IT MAKE 50 78 DO N’T LET ANYONE FOOL 49 79 DO N’T LET ANYONE SEE 48 80 DO N’T LET HER GO 48 81 DO N’T LET YOU GET 48 82 DO N’T LET HIM HAVE 47 83 DO N’T LET IT TOUCH 47 84 DO N’T LET THEM RUN 47 85 DO N’T LET THEM USE 47 86 DO N’T LET YOURSELF FALL 47 87 DO NOT LET US BE 47 88 DO N’T LET HIM BE 46

89 DO N’T LET ANYONE PRESSURE 46

Don’t let anyone pressure you into making decisions about money or investments.

context

B2: affect, discourage, pressure
C1: overwhelm, scare