"George Mooth" <gmoothdoh@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:32:06 +1100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Steve Miller" <misterblues39********.com> wrote in message
> >news:%23$CeJrQTHHA.1600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> Hello Alias!
> >>
> >> Thanks for your reply! Why did you remove my signature?
> >
> >. . . perhaps because Alias felt uncomfortable with your trailer.
> >You wrote
> >"the volume of the mass of it's particles" but it should really be
> >"the volume of the mass of its particles".
> >"it's" is a concatenation of "it is":
> >"It's hot in here" = "It is hot in here".
> >"The dog wags its tail".
> >
>
> It's not a concatenation of it is. It's a contraction of it is.
> I don't believe there is such a word as concatenation.

A dictionary is a wonderful thing to own, especially when unsure
about the existence of a certain word.
concatenate=to link or join together
concatenation=a series of connected events etc.
From Latin com=together + catena=chain
Source: Collins English Dictionary