[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7

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In a message dated 2/2/2007 3:15:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:

Still had some Indian arrow heads stuck in it from 
it's days  in the U.S. Cavalry!



A-ha, that's a definite 'gotcha'.  You  can't claim "I send 'em as I get 
'em", because you wrote this one!   Watch my lips:  "it's" means "it is", with the 
apostrophe standing  for the letter left out - the second 'i', of course. The 
possessive of  "it" is "its", no apostrophe.  You wouldn't put an apostrophe 
in  "his", or "hers", would'ja? 
 
Ben (picky, picky) Fowlkes, who knows grammar  but can't play cornet for sour 
 apples....