Re: "lets" vs. "let's"

> On 13-05-01 06:31 AM, Thomas Adam wrote:
>> On 1 May 2013 11:12, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Felipe Contreras
>>> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> So HEAD@{0}~0^0 is too much to type, but we can remove '^0', and we can
>>>> remove '~0', and we can remove 'HEAD', which leaves us with @{0}, but we
>>>> can't remove '{0}'?
>>>>
>>>> This patch allows '@' to be the same as 'HEAD'.
>>>>
>>>> So now we can use 'git show @~1', and all that goody goodness.
>>>>
>>>> Until now '@' was a valid name, but it conflicts with this idea, so lets
>>>
>>> s/lets/let's/  (contraction of "let us")
>> 
>> Ah, the contraction versus the first person singular.  In this case
>> where the context is concluding in decision, rather than making a
>> statement ("Let's go to the shops", for example) then "lets" is the
>> correct word to use here.
>
> You've lost me.  I think Eric is right.  If "lets" is a verb in this
> sentence, what is its subject?
>
> Besides, of which verb & tense is "lets" the first person singular?  Never
> have I "lets" anything in my life...  :)