As two former English majors, I know we are delighted by Arkansas’ new resolution on the proper way to create the possessive form.
Oops — Arkansas’s.
Now let’s hope they can work on its and it’s.
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OK, so I wasn’t an English major, but I do remember that if a word ended in s, you only added the apostrophe. Are they doing this because the s is silent? Is this the “New Rule?”
Actually, it’s somewhat in flux. Many style manuals now say you always add the apostrophe and the s to everything. However, the AP style manual does not. I think for simplicity’s sake, we will soon see the more uniform approach used.