【英国问答】let's的用法(1/5)

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        A question from Abdalla Salih:
Which is correct: 'Let's go home' or 'It's high time we went home', and why do you use the past tense of 'go' here?

       

       
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        英式拼法，全部不加双引号
This is a very interesting question, which is correct. It's high time we went, or let's go? The first thing to say is that they are both grammatically correct. They are both examples of accurate English. And this is often true that there are different ways to say more or less the same thing. Which one you use will depend on the situation, who you are talking to and sometimes the way you like to sound, your own style of speaking.
Let's look at each of these in a little more detail and describe a situation when they could be used.
First, the structure let's, which is the common short form for Let us. This is followed by the infinitive of a verb without to and is usually an informal suggestion. When it's a suggestion it's often followed by the tag, shall we?