[FFmpeg-cvslog] r14372 - in trunk: libavcodec/h263dec.c libavcodec/motion_est_template.c libavcodec/mpegvideo.c libavcodec/resample2.c libavdevice/libdc1394.c libavformat/dvenc.c libavutil/softfloat.h

Robert Swain robert.swain
Mon Jul 28 07:28:24 CEST 2008


2008/7/27 M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com>:
> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:17:55PM -0700, Mike Melanson wrote:
>>> diego wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Log:
>>> > cosmetics: Fix two common typos: wont --> will not, lets --> let us.
>>>
>>> To be sure, no one actually says "let us" in common conversation. And I
>>> never, ever see it written out. Always "let's".
>>
>> I have encountered both :)
>
> So have I, but always in different types of situations.  They are not
> generally interchangeable.

'Let's' is far more common. 'Let us' is quite formal (as is avoiding
contractions generally) and the only examples I can think of where
'let us' might be used is either in a religious context or "let us
all", though people would probably find some other phrase for this
anyway.

Rob



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