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There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds. Is it Harris' or Harris's?

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/08/14/theres-an-apostrophe-battle-brewing-among-grammar-nerds-is-it-harris-or-harriss

Whatever possessed Vice President Kamala Harris to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, it probably wasn’t a desire to inflame arguments about apostrophes. But it doesn’t take much to get grammar nerds fired up.

10 comments

RidgeRoad

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I'm from the school that says Harris' is settled law and it's Walz' vs. Walz's that needs litigated.

SwingingTheLamp

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C'mon, everybody knows it's Harri's. Obviously.

Iamsqueegee

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You’re a plural Harri!

RiikkaTheIcePrincess

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"Harris" isn't plural, so "Harris's" is correct. I hereby threaten to bite anycritter who has a problem with this 😝

Wirlocke

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Yeah I don't get the confusion either. I was taught in school pretty plainly that " s' " is only used on plural words that end in S. So it would always be "Harris's".

themeatbridge

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The cool thing about English is that there are no rules. Grammar, spelling, pronunciation, these are guides to assist with being understood. But our communication evolves over time, and as long as you are able to communicate clearly, it doesn't really matter if you're "technically correct."

I've got like 6 different grammatical errors in that paragraph. Now seven. Can you spot all eight?

Nemo

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I only found three, and two of them were the gimmees in the second paragraph.

protist

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Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote

carl_dungeon

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The first one

Nemo

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No, there's only one of her.