> > > > 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). > > > > Or maybe I've missed the point. > > > > > You missed the point when you spent more than a second thinking about it. > > They missed the point when they wasted time and money to enacted a > statute todo the same thing. >
It is nice to know that they had the free time and no serious issues so could afford to spend time on this weighty issue. I did also think that the joke might be that it would now be pronounced 'Arken Sauces', bringing in the otherwise silent S. Salman > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CANuxnEeOkaMR0UCseF6Ef0cs8%2BRyQkLRqUVCDBB_xd1zaQeMLQ%40mail.gmail.com.