[Grammar] Let not the dog be hurt.

[Rollercoaster1]

Is the following structure to form negative passive voice sentences correct?

Let not + object + be + past participle

 

[tzfujimino]

Re: Passive voice

No. You need to say "Don't let ..."
Could you give us an example?

 

[Rollercoaster1]

Re: Passive voice

No. You need to say "Don't let ..."
Could you give us an example?

There were a few sentence which I thought were syntactically incorrect, but my teacher said tehy were correct. The sentence are down below:

1. Let not the dog be hurt.
2. Let not our picnic be spoiled.
3. Let not him be annoyed.
4. Let not this car be driven.

 

[Tarheel]

Re: Passive voice

There are a few sentences which I thought were syntactically incorrect, but my teacher said they are correct. The sentences follow.

1. Let not the dog be hurt.
2. Let not our picnic be spoiled.
3. Let not him be annoyed.
4. Let not this car be driven.

I don't know where your teacher saw or heard those. I have neither seen nor heard anything like them before.
:-?

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[Rollercoaster1]

Re: Passive voice

You teacher was right. They are not correct in the English of today.

He didn't say they are incorrect.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

Re: Passive voice

I don't know where your teacher saw or heard those. I have neither seen nor heard anything like them before.
:-?

Would the sentences be correct if we placed not after the objects?

 

[Rollercoaster1]

Re: Passive voice

No.

This website shows some sentences.

https://www.englishgrammar.org/changing-imperative-sentence-active-voice-passive/

 

[tzfujimino]

I've found these:

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-use-the-phrase-let-not-in-a-sentence

https://www.google.com/search?q=let...EKHa1SDAkQ_AUIFigA&biw=360&bih=616&dpr=4#ip=1

https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra...pus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1;,let not;,c0

… and I agree with Piscean.

 

[Tarheel]

"Let not your heart be troubled" is fine in the proper context (the Bible), but it doesn't work very well as everyday English.

I don't know what I would say to that English teacher.
:-|

 

[PeterCW]

I think that the teacher must have studied literature rather than the spoken language. Those constructs are technically fine but are now considered archaic.

 

[jutfrank]

Just a side point:

If the object is a pronoun, the word order is as follows:

Let not them be forgotten. :cross:
Let them not be forgotten. :tick: