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Microsoft Word corrected my text to read
Thank you for letting me knows
so now I'm a little unsure that know is correct and knows is incorrect.
I usually work it out by the ‘which sounds right’ method.
And the phrase "Thank you for letting me knows" just sounds wrong.
Shouldn't it be "Thank you for letting me know"?
What am I missing here?
Yes, "Thank you for letting me know." is correct. "Know" in that sentence should be an infinitive (without 'to') and not conjugated, which MS Word did.
As I can see, the problem is about "know" or "knows". There are several verbs which follow the same type of construction, for example: (let; make; have + somebody + Base Form (not conjugated verb) + (something) e.g. let-permission- (my parents let me arrive late); make- by force (she has made me eat everything); have- common request + (His boss had him type five letters this morning.)
Regarding "for letting", due to the fact that letting is preceded by a preposition (in this case, FOR, - after a preposition, follows an -ing verb).
