Love is blind (and dumb)!

There’s nothing less romantic than a grammatically incorrect Valentine’s card. 

Every year people clearly blinded by love put the apostrophe in the wrong place or lose sight of it altogether.

So where should the apostrophe go?

It actually depends what you mean to say.

Valentine’s Day is called after Saint Valentine so, if that’s who you’re referring to, the apostrophe comes before the “s”. This is generally the most acceptable position.

However, the word “valentine” is also a term used to refer to a loved one so there's also an argument for putting it after the “s”, as in “Valentines' Day”, if that's what you mean.

So this year, whatever you're saying, make sure you say it with a correctly placed apostrophe.

Who says grammar's 
not life or death?

“Eats, Shoots & Leaves” may be on my top 10 favourite books list but not everyone thinks grammar is a matter of life and death. Luckily, some do...

The Over-Possessive Apostrophe

Yes, and they've gone a bit too far with that apostrophe!

I suppose when putting a euro sign in place of an "e" is your idea of creativity, what more could we expect? You can almost hear the cogs turning on this one... "It's more than one euro; isn't there a rule that says something about plurals and apostrophes? Ah sure I'll just stick one in to be on the safe side."