Don't and let

[Nightmare85]

Hello,
Some minutes ago I wanted to write a sentence but didn't write it the way I wanted.
Reason: I was not sure
Please let's not turn this into a war.
Please don't let's turn this into a war.

I think version 1 is correct.

Cheers!

 

[chester_100]

As you say, 1 is good.

 

[chester_100]

There's an idiom that can cover your intention:

Let's not make a big deal out of it.

 

[chester_100]

The structure of the second sentence is:
-Do + not + let + us + infinitive

Can be right but very informal!

 

[sarat_106]

Hello,
Some minutes ago I wanted to write a sentence but didn't write it the way I wanted.
Reason: I was not sure
Please let's not turn this into a war.
Please don't let's turn this into a war.

I think version 1 is correct.

Cheers!

Version 1 is more common. Let us (Let’s) is used in all varieties of speech and writing to introduce a suggestion or a request: Please let's turn this into a war.

It is quite normal to use ‘do’ to emphasize any action. So you can say;
Please do let's turn this into a war.
And negatively:
Please let's not turn this into a war.
Please don’t let's turn this into a war.
Please let's don’t turn this into a war.
These are three negative idioms. "Don't let's turn." may not look grammatical, but many idioms and idiomatic expressions break rules, So, Let’s not turn, Don’t let’s turn, and Let’s don’t turn. are all Standard, although Let’s don’t is more typically American than Don’t let’s, which is more typically British."

 

[2006]

Hello,
Reason: I was not sure
Please, let's not turn this into a war. :tick:
Please don't let's turn this into a war. :cross:


Cheers!

2006

 

[chester_100]

2006

You mean the secocd one is wrong? Well, I think it isn't?

 

[bertietheblue]

Hello,
Some minutes ago I wanted to write a sentence but didn't write it the way I wanted.
Reason: I was not sure
Please let's not turn this into a war.
Please don't let's turn this into a war.

I think version 1 is correct.

Cheers!

Version 1 is correct. I would say version 2 is possible but sub-standard. I have a feeling 'don't let's ...' is used more in AmEng than BrEng, simply because I've mostly heard it in American movies - I can just imagine, in some long forgotten movie I've seen, some hick saying with a twang "Don't let's argue now, honeypie!" Mind you, here's 'don't let's' in the headline of a respected British newspaper:

Carola Long: Don't let's be patronised by 'celebrities' - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent

 

[chester_100]

That's true. Substandard is what it is. Personally I wouldn't use it.