Please let him up!

[Learnaton]

Can I say to the apartment front desk receptionist :

Please let him up! Thank you.

 

[Tarheel]

Can I say to the apartment front desk receptionist :

Please let him up! [.......]

I can't tell if it's appropriate to the situation (probably not), but you can certainly say that.

 

[Learnaton]

I can't tell if it's appropriate to the situation (probably not), but you can certainly say that.

The delivery guy is dropping off pizza at my fourteen floor loft. Can I say to the security guard: Please let him up.

 

[iambozdar]

Please let him up

Let him in.

He is entering, inside, the building and not climbing up the building.

 

[tedmc]

Or
Please let him come up.

 

[iambozdar]

Or
Please let him come up.

That would work too.


I am not a teacher. Is it okay if I am replying posts here?

 

[5jj]

Let him in.

He is entering inside the building, not climbing up the building.

Let him in - Let him into the building.
Let him up - Let him come up to my floor.

Both work.

 

[5jj]

I am not a teacher. Is it okay if I am replying posts here?

You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly in your post.

(From the forum guidelines.)

 

[Rover_KE]

Please send him up.

 

[5jj]

Please send him up.

Much more likely than Let him up.

 

[Tarheel]

@Learnaton What a difference context makes! I had no idea what you meant at first. (I am not a mind reader.)

For starters, you would not say that and nothing else. The conversation would go something like this. (See below.)

Bob: This is Bob in room 1408. I ordered a pizza from Pizza House. I expect delivery within a half hour.
Front desk person: OK. No problem.
Bob: You'll let him in, won't you?
Front desk person: Of course!

In real life it's unlikely that you would have to ask that question. (I had imagined something entirely different.)

 

[Learnaton]

@Learnaton What a difference context makes! I had no idea what you meant at first. (I am not a mind reader.)

For starters, you would not say that and nothing else. The conversation would go something like this. (See below.)

Bob: This is Bob in room 1408. I ordered a pizza from Pizza House. I expect delivery within a half hour.
Front desk person: OK. No problem.
Bob: You'll let him in, won't you?
Front desk person: Of course!

In real life it's unlikely that you would have to ask that question. (I had imagined something entirely different.)

The elevator is locked to the general public, so he has to get screened by the guard before they can let him upstairs..

 

[Tarheel]

@Learnaton Two things. One, you answered a question I didn't ask. Two, you seem to have ignored for the most part what I said in my post.

 

[Learnaton]

@Learnaton Two things. One, you answered a question I didn't ask. Two, you seem to have ignored for the most part what I said in my post.

What’d I ignore?

 

[Tarheel]

@Learnaton You said: What did I ignore?

Apparently, pretty much the whole thing. I tried to explain that any sentence is going to occur within some kind of context. It's the context that gives a sentence meaning.

In the invented dialogue Bob calls down to the front desk and explains that he has ordered a pizza. The front desk person does, of course, understand the situation. Bob, however, is unsure and says, "You're going to let him in, aren't you?" The front desk person replies, "Of course!"

The context in this case is what is said before "Will you let him in?"

The context makes the sentence unnecessary.

 

[Learnaton]

@Learnaton You said: What did I ignore?

Apparently, pretty much the whole thing. I tried to explain that any sentence is going to occur within some kind of context. It's the context that gives a sentence meaning.

In the invented dialogue Bob calls down to the front desk and explains that he has ordered a pizza. The front desk person does, of course, understand the situation. Bob, however, is unsure and says, "You're going to let him in, aren't you?" The front desk person replies, "Of course!"

The context in this case is what is said before "Will you let him in?"

The context makes the sentence unnecessary.

The security would call the tenants for permission to let guests upstairs, so my question has been answered.. it’s okay to respond with : “Please let him up.”

 

[Tarheel]

The security would call the tenants for permission to let guests upstairs, so my question has been answered.. it’s okay to respond with : “Please let him up.”

You said it's a hotel. They don't call their guests "tenants"; they call them "guests".

What's the ellipsis for?

I didn't say it would be wrong. I said it would be unnecessary.

In your original question you weren't responding to anything. In a real conversation, asking the front desk person to allow the pizza delivery guy to use the elevator would be unnecessary.

Do you understand what context is?

 

[Learnaton]

You said it's a hotel. They don't call their guests "tenants"; they call them "guests".

What's the ellipsis for?

I didn't say it would be wrong. I said it would be unnecessary.

In your original question you weren't responding to anything. In a real conversation, asking the front desk person to allow the pizza delivery guy to use the elevator would be unnecessary.

Do you understand what context is?

I already got the answer I’m looking for from a verified source. Thanks anyway..

 

[emsr2d2]

Can I say the following to the apartment front desk receptionist?

Please let him up! Thank you.

Note my changes above. The way you wrote it left nowhere for the question mark to go.

The delivery guy is dropping off pizza at my fourteenth floor loft. Can I say to the security guard no colon here "Please let him up"?

Note my changes above.

The elevator is locked to the general public no comma here so he has to get screened by the guard before they can let him upstairs.

Don't end a sentence with two full stops.

What’d What did I ignore?

You can't contract "What did" to "What'd".

The security would call the tenants for permission to let guests upstairs, so my question has been answered. It’s okay to respond with no colon here “Please let him up.”

Note my changes above.

I already got the answer I’m looking for from a verified source. Thanks anyway.

Again, use just one full stop at the end of a sentence.