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watchayakan

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  1. Wait, one other thing while I'm here:

     

    Chicago Style has it "Hayes's" (except, I think, in certain situations like Biblical names in which the s+apostrophe construction is standard.) That's also what Strunk and White says. I guess they reserve the s+apostrophe construction for plural possessives.

     

    Usually I'd agree, because simplicity and clarity are the main goals, and it's nice to separate overlapping rules. But I like the look of s+apostrophe as a singular possessive for a word ending in s. Especially with proper nouns, where confusion is unlikely.

     

    Words are fun.

    Oxford comma: speak on that.

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  2. When the news about Harris came down, I didn't know him by name. I love Parks and Recreation and I had heard a couple appearanced of Don't Stop or We'll Die on CBB, but nothing else from him. Everyone in the HH forum was talking about how great Harris was and I was sure he was pretty funny and all, but I figured they were exaggerating in their grief. So I listened to F&P 1-3 and his appearances on UTU2TM and I wish I had known about him sooner. Immediately one of my favourite comedians. I wish that I had been following his comedy for years and that I could for years more. Listening to Scott's intro today brought me to tears. It is immediatey clear that a great talent has left us.

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