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Today in History (1862) - The U.S. government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. On the same day in 1865, the Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000 black troops, granting them freedom with the consent of their owners. Lee surrendered a few weeks later. |
I find myself in the odd position of agreeing with the Arkansas legislature about something: to wit, that when indicating a possessive for a proper singular noun ending with the letter "s," the proper punctuation is to add the same apostrophe and "s" that one would add to a proper singular noun that does not end with the letter "s." May Arkansas's non-binding resolution inspire a shift in style norms for all! (Via BTQ)