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View Poll Results: Which spelling do you prefer? | |||
Missouri is on Arkansas' northern border. | 32 | 76.19% | |
Missouri is on Arkansas's northern border. | 6 | 14.29% | |
Mis'ss'souri is's on Arkans'sas's northern border. | 1 | 2.38% | |
The letter S doesn't exist. Check out "purfuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Indendence.. | 1 | 2.38% | |
I didn't make it that far in my schoolin'. | 2 | 4.76% | |
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03-27-2024, 08:56 PM | #2 |
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I don't know but I think there is inbreeding involved
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03-27-2024, 08:58 PM | #3 |
MVP
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03-27-2024, 08:59 PM | #4 |
No Keys, No Problem
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It's Arkansas' because it's a proper name that ends in s.
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03-27-2024, 09:17 PM | #5 |
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Who?
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03-27-2024, 09:17 PM | #6 |
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03-27-2024, 09:36 PM | #7 |
No Keys, No Problem
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03-27-2024, 09:44 PM | #8 | |
Seize life. Be an ermine.
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So we all seem to be of like mind. Why does the State of Arkansas disagree with us, per Chitownchiefsfan's post?
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03-27-2024, 09:50 PM | #9 |
I don’t care for Auburn
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Chicago Manual of Style and Supreme Court would say Arkansas’s. Pretty good writers at those spots.
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03-27-2024, 09:55 PM | #10 |
Seize life. Be an ermine.
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So are we the idiots?
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03-27-2024, 10:04 PM | #11 |
No Keys, No Problem
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If you read the article it's because of gov of the time, 2007, and some historian saying that it should be apostrophe s because the s is silent when you pronounce Arkansas. But the grammarital rule isn't based on pronunciation it's based on the spelling of the word. So like I said; lower end of the spectrum in education.
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03-27-2024, 10:05 PM | #12 |
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Arkansases.
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03-27-2024, 10:18 PM | #13 | |
Kind of a mod
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A parallel would be, "I'm going to my friend Wes's house" rather than, "Wes' house." |
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03-27-2024, 10:22 PM | #14 | |
No Keys, No Problem
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03-27-2024, 10:27 PM | #15 | |
Kind of a mod
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https://grammarist.com/punctuation/a...s-ending-in-s/ |
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