Re: Real laws, yet funny (For Bram's, or anyone's, collection of signature quotes)

> On Sep 21, 2020, at 1:46 PM, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use <vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 16:01, Tony Mechelynck
> <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Since March 2007, it is a real standing law in the US state of
>> Arkansas (whose name is to be pronounced as "Arkansaw"), that the
>> "possessive" (i.e. genitive) form of the state's name must be written
>> «Arkansas's» and not «Arkansas'». (I'm using French quotes to
>> emphasize the difference with the apostrophe).
>
> I am not a native speaker of English, but I think it is correct (and
> obvious) that the Saxon genitive of Arkansas is Arkansas's and not
> Arkansas'. The latter is only reserved for plural nouns ("my friends'
> party", "my parents' house," but "James's car", Charles's book).

It is also used with some proper nouns of Greek origin that end in "s". (Jesus' teachings, Moses' laws).

Emily

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