Today when it was about time to go home, my English teacher asked me to lead my friends to pray in English. I led them by saying "Let's pray together!" However, my teacher told me that I was wrong and I should've just said "Shall we pray together.". Despite that, I'm unsure whether I was wrong. So, was I really wrong to say "Let's pray together"?
2 Answers
The teacher has given an instruction as an elderly man. "Let's pray" is rather an order like, "shall we pray" is like a request, implying we shall pray only with your concurrence.
No you was not wrong to say let's pray together.
let's --> let us
let us pray together
It makes perfect sense grammatically. It's an invitation to pray together. Maybe find a new English teacher!
VP
? which is an invitation, as noted. The other is Shall IVP
? which is an offer. Both are rare and limited to special occasions. Let's, on the other hand, is very common and completely grammatical. It's a fixed contraction, like tak for tidak, and has almost as many uses.