http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetThereBeLove/wgvnq/post.htm#709734Fri, 01 May 2009 12:44:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:709734ngoc_tuyet770http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetThereBeLove/wgvnq/post.htm#709734http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-709734.xmlIt is the equivalent of a "third-person command". Instead of "(you) be here on time" or "let's go to the movies tonight" , it is asking that someone else be allowed , or commanded, to do something. Marie Antoinette is famous for her misquoted "let them eat cake". "Long live the king" is a 3rd person command. Thanks for your help, Philip.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetThereBeLove/wgvnq/post.htm#699113Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:49:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:699113Avangi1http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetThereBeLove/wgvnq/post.htm#699113http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-699113.xmlHow about, And let the music play / As long as there's a song to sing, And I will stay younger than spring. - This Is All I Ask, Gordon Jenkins Or And God said, "Let there be light."http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetThereBeLove/wgvnq/post.htm#699086Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:26:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:699086Philip2http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetThereBeLove/wgvnq/post.htm#699086http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-699086.xmlIt is the equivalent of a "third-person command". Instead of "(you) be here on time" or "let's go to the movies tonight" , it is asking that someone else be allowed , or commanded, to do something. Marie Antoinette is famous for her misquoted "let them eat cake". "Long live the king" is a 3rd person command.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetThereBeLove/wgvnq/post.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 12:16:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:699039ngoc_tuyet773http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetThereBeLove/wgvnq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-699039.xmlLet there be you, Let there be me. Let there be oysters Under the sea. Let there be wind, An occassional rain. Chile con carne, Sparkling champagne -- Let there be birds To sing in the trees, Someone to bless me Whenever I sneeze. Let there be cuckoos, A lark and a dove, But first of all, please -- Let there be love. That's the song Let There Be Love, one of my favorite songs. But I don't really understand the meaning of "Let there be...". I am asking for an explanation. Please help me. Thank you very much.