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Use of How come + (subject + verb) & Let’s not + (verb); Day :47

How come + (subject + verb)

When using ‘how come’ you are asking why a particular thing has or had to take place.

‘āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϕ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϘāϟāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“How come parents worry so much?”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āĻāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“How come people carpool to work?”

“āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāϏ⧇?”

“How come you are so upset?”

“āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϤ āĻŽāύ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϞ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇?”

“How come he will not call you?”

“āϏ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž āϕ⧇āύ?”

“How come you stayed out so late?”

“āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇?”

“How come you cannot make a decision?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āύāĻž?”

“How come you always question me?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇?”

“How come we never agree?”

“āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āύāĻž?”

“How come your dog digs in the yard?”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇?”

“How come she will not come over?”

“āϏ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇?”

Let’s not + (verb)

The word ‘let’s’ is formed from the words ‘let us.’ Here you are requesting that something not take place at this moment or that what is happening needs to be contained or lessened.

‘āϚāϞ⧁āύ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ ‘āφāϏ⧁āύ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻž āϘāϟāϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“Let’s not discuss this now.”

“āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤”

“Let’s not stay here too long.”

“āϚāϞ⧋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“Let’s not stop anywhere on the way.”

“āϚāϞ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“Let’s not remain mad at each other.”

“āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āύāĻž āĻšāχāĨ¤”

“Let’s not meddle in other people’s business.”

“āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

“Let us not get too excited.”

“āφāϏ⧁āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāχāĨ¤”

“Let us not worry too much.”

“āφāϏ⧁āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

“Let us not interrupt them when they are talking.”

“āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āϝ⧇āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāχāĨ¤”

“Let us help you.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤”

“Let us get that for you.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤”