Grammar argument.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Add the "s" or not? Arkansas Representative Steve Harrelson has filed a non-binding resolution to declare the correct possessive form of the state as "Arkansas's." A friend made him do it. Rules on forming the possessive can be confusing and are not universal. The Associated Press Stylebook says not to add the second "s," and Strunk and White's The Elements of Style does call for the "s." After Arkansas became a state...