On 13-05-01 06:31 AM, Thomas Adam wrote:
> On 1 May 2013 11:12, Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Felipe Contreras
>> <felipe.contre...@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...  :)

                M.

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