Grammar, OK< which is correct?

[Snattlerake]

I'm certainly glad that I write better than I speak!!

I speek beter then I rite,

 

[DRC458]

 

[Raido Free America]

I left them alone.

I let them alone.

They left me alone.

They let me alone.


The context is in another thread, I did not disturb the bikers I met on the turnpike. So is this correct the way I configured my sentence?


I wasn't clear on the proper usage so I made a mistake and Googled it. Now, I'm even more confused. Google automatically changed the tense of the word thus changing the meaning.

Searched - left them alone meaning.

Refrain from disturbing or interfering with someone. For example, She'll manage very well if you just leave her alone, or Stop teasing the dog; let him alone.

Searched - Left them alone vs let them alone

1 “Leave alone” means to leave a person all by himself (in solitude). Please leave me alone, I don't want company. Alvin needs to study, so let's leave him alone in his room. “Let alone,” on the other hand, means to stop bothering the person.Apr 27, 2010

2 The verb leave means to go away from or put in a place. As a noun, leave means permission to do something—in particular, permission to be away from a job or military service. Let means permit or allow. In the imperative, let is used to introduce a request or proposal—as in "Let's vote."Mar 31, 2019

3

let someone or something alone​

and leave someone or something alone; leave someone or something be
to avoid touching, bothering, or communicating with someone or something. Leave me alone. I don't want your help. Let it alone! Don't touch it! It may be hot!



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If you say ether one as fast as these kids operating the drive through window, no one can understand it anyway!!

 

[T. MIKE SMITH]

Dad was a simple man- he always said - don't keep looking up a horse's butt to see what killed it

 

[FrankNmac]

Capitalization is also important!

 

[Shoot Summ]

I always ponder when someone says "I seen this the otherday.."

 

[Chuckie]

Do you 'lay' down, or do you 'lie' down?

 

[xseler]

Do you 'lay' down, or do you 'lie' down?

I take a load off.


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[Decoligny]

If you didn’t cause them grief or injury, you let them alone, or you let them be.

If you departed with the purpose of leaving an individual or a group in solitude, you left them alone.

This is the correct grammatical use of the English language.

Common vernacular of course almost never matches 100% with correct grammar.

 

[Snattlerake]

How about I didn't eff with them and they didn't eff with me?