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Vocabulary
ALLOW, LET or PERMIT?
Key
Allow and permit are similar, but permit is more formal and often used in passive form.
Allow somebody to do something.
Something is (not) permitted.
Let means the same, but has no passive form. Allow should be used instead.
Let somebody do something.
Somebody is allowed to do something.
Allow somebody to do something.
Something is (not) permitted.
Let means the same, but has no passive form. Allow should be used instead.
Let somebody do something.
Somebody is allowed to do something.
- allow (allowed, allowed)
We don't allow smoking inside.
Smoking is not allowed.
I won't allow you to go out tonight.
- permit (permitted, permitted)
The party will be next Sunday, weather permitting. - let (let, let)
She didn't let his son go out that night. - Related words and expressions
allowance: money given to somebody regularly.
make allowance for something: consider something when making a decision.
permit: official document that gives somebody the right to do something.
permission: act of allowing somebody to do something.
Smoking is not permitted.
Let him go to the party!
He was allowed to go to the party.