[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7

[Bill Gunter]

Hi8 all,

Fowlkes fills a valuable niche in our society. There are never enough 
apostrophe police to meet the ever growing need!

Cheer's

Bill " ' " Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: Bcf111 at aol.com
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7
>Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 18:41:38 EST
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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!
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>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....
>
>
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