Arkansas grammar

[aunt betty]

Apparently the rules are different in "The Natural State".

Does this look funny to you guys? Arkansas's ????

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Pretty sure it's Arkansas' Flooded Timber Legacy.
Could be wrong 50/50. Am not exactly a grammar expert.
Arkansaw's? Maybe I'm making silly posts again.

It is illegal to mispronounce the word Arkansas in the state of Arkansas so let's all get this right.

[Throbbin Rods]

Arkansas' Flooded Timber Legacy is my vote

[aunt betty]

Really don't know. That silent s is some sort or rule-breaker or something.
Maybe if someone from Texas's (?) fine state would get in on this.

[SpinnerMan]

Yeah, because those of us from Illinois don't know whether Illinois's problems should be Illinois' problems.

Seems like anyway you please.

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

Rule 1b. Many common nouns end in the letter s (lens, cactus, bus, etc.). So do a lot of proper nouns (Mr. Jones, Texas, Christmas). There are conflicting policies and theories about how to show possession when writing such nouns. There is no right answer; the best advice is to choose a formula and stay consistent.

Which means that those that use Illinois's will catch hell from those that use Illinois' and they can argue endlessly.

[aunt betty]

Consider that everyone says Illinoize except for the residents.

[SpinnerMan]

There's no noise in Illinois. I remember that from my grammar school. Not a lot else, but that one stuck even before I moved here.