Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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.

No comments:

Post a Comment