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.
‘āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāϏā§āĻā§’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āύ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“How come parents worry so much?”
“āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āĻāϤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ?”
“How come people carpool to work?”
“āϞā§āĻā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāϏā§?”
“How come you are so upset?”
“āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϤ āĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§?”
“How come he will not call you?”
“āϏ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āύāĻž āĻā§āύ?”
“How come you stayed out so late?”
“āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§?”
“How come you cannot make a decision?”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āύāĻž?”
“How come you always question me?”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§?”
“How come we never agree?”
“āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ āύāĻž?”
“How come your dog digs in the yard?”
“āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻ ā§āύ⧠āĻāύāύ āĻāϰā§?”
“How come she will not come over?”
“āϏ⧠āĻāϏāĻŦā§ āύāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§?”
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.
‘āĻāϞā§āύ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ ‘āĻāϏā§āύ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŦā§ āύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻž āĻāĻāĻā§ āϤāĻž āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“Let’s not discuss this now.”
“āĻāĻāύ āĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤”
“Let’s not stay here too long.”
“āĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“Let’s not stop anywhere on the way.”
“āĻāϞā§āύ āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“Let’s not remain mad at each other.”
“āĻāϏā§āύ āĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āύāĻž āĻšāĻāĨ¤”
“Let’s not meddle in other people’s business.”
“āĻāϏā§āύ āĻ āύā§āϝā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϏā§āϤāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤”
“Let us not get too excited.”
“āĻāϏā§āύ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāĻāĨ¤”
“Let us not worry too much.”
“āĻāϏā§āύ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤”
“Let us not interrupt them when they are talking.”
“āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻā§ āϤāĻāύ āϝā§āύ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤”
“Let us help you.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤”
“Let us get that for you.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤”