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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 04/28/2008 : 14:28:44
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Originally posted by Yukon
Even the Arkansas legislature has weighed in. Last year it passed a bill making "Arkansas's" the official possessive. The state's largest paper, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, won't hear of it, though, and continues to use the possessive "Arkansas'."
I don't think it's valid for governments to legislate about language (I mean in general -- there are exceptions such as racist abuse etc.), but they were certainly of the right opinion. In these cases where the final -s is not even pronounced in the unpossessive form, it is particularly ridiculous to just add an apostrophe -- no one could claim that they don't add a "z" sound when using the possessive.  |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 04/28/2008 : 14:45:59
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Originally posted by Ali
The following is from Strunk's (and Strunk and White's) The Elements of Style:
Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.
Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write,
Charles's friend
Burns's poems
the witch's malice
This is the usage of the United States Government Printing Office and of the Oxford University Press.
Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names in -es and -is, the possessive Jesus', and such forms as for conscience' sake, for righteousness' sake. But such forms as Achilles' heel, Moses' laws, Isis' temple are commonly replaced by
the heel of Achilles
the laws of Moses
the temple of Isis
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe.
Yep, that's what Arkan saw.
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Ali 
"Those aren't pillows."
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Posted - 04/28/2008 : 14:53:19
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
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Originally posted by Ali
The following is from Strunk's (and Strunk and White's) The Elements of Style:
Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.
Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write,
Charles's friend
Burns's poems
the witch's malice
This is the usage of the United States Government Printing Office and of the Oxford University Press.
Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names in -es and -is, the possessive Jesus', and such forms as for conscience' sake, for righteousness' sake. But such forms as Achilles' heel, Moses' laws, Isis' temple are commonly replaced by
the heel of Achilles
the laws of Moses
the temple of Isis
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe.
Yep, that's what Arkan saw.
Hah!
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Canklefish
"Let's Get OUTTA Here!"
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MM0rkeleb 
"Better than HBO."
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MisterBadIdea 
"PLZ GET MILK, KTHXBYE"
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rockfsh
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 04/28/2008 : 16:31:18
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Originally posted by Yukon
Dear Yukie
I have asked benj to remove my review. Apologies to you and thanks to Sal for pointing out the error of my ways.
Gosh! Now I feel so cleansed 
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 04/28/2008 : 17:01:44
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 04/28/2008 : 17:08:47
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Originally posted by Randall
Give it to Smithee -- then you can vote for it!
I'm ashamed to say I've been here for over 2 years and I don't know how to do that? Doesn't benj have to arrange for things like that?
BaffledBabe 
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turrell
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
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Posted - 04/28/2008 : 17:11:03
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Originally posted by Randall
Give it to Smithee -- then you can vote for it!
Yes but I am barely keeping ahead of Mr. Smithee - he keeps threatening to overtake me in the rankings.
As to Arkansas' legislature passing laws - I live here and many of our State Representatives don't speak anything close to the Queens English. (I left the ' out of Queens because I am referring to the burrow in New York). |
Edited by - turrell on 04/28/2008 17:13:00 |
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chazbo 
"Outta This Fuckin' Place"
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 04/28/2008 : 17:59:54
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Randall
Give it to Smithee -- then you can vote for it!
I'm ashamed to say I've been here for over 2 years and I don't know how to do that? Doesn't benj have to arrange for things like that?
BaffledBabe
Use the Edit function for the review in question and choose 'Disown'. |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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FYCTH #400
